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Posted: **Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:22 am**

Disney "Newsies: The Musical" is one lean, muscular evening of theatrical entertainment
http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief ... nment.aspx
^ I've been listening to it. It is absolutely amazing. The new songs, the new lyrics, the new arrangements. Absolutely amazing. <3 <3 <3

Newsies Merchandise Now For Sale Online
http://thedisneyblog.com/2012/04/06/new ... le-online/

I just ordered the tote bag! I tried ordering online but was having trouble with gift card codes, so I did it on the phone, so unforunately UD didn't get the $.

Posted: **Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:26 pm**

I was surprised to see that the entire cd is available for download on Itunes already. Thats one month before the physical cd is released. Its great!!

Posted: **Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:18 pm**

Newsies Sets House Record at Nederlander Theatre
http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest-ID-79855.asp

Newsies, the breakout new American musical, set a new house record at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre (208 W. 41st Street) playing to 100% capacity and grossing $1,024,516.60 for eight performances the week ending April 15, 2012. This bests the previous Nederlander house record, also set by Newsies, when the production grossed $963,625 for eight performances the week ending April 8, 2012. Prior to Newsies,the Nederlander Theatre house record was held by Rent when it grossed $955,535 for nine performances the week ending January 1, 2006.

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2012 11:06 am**

Disney's Theatrical Production "Newsies" Nominated for Eight Tony® Awards
http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief ... wards.aspx

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2012 11:11 am**

My wife and I caught Newsies this past Sunday while we were in New York. It was awesome and Jeremy Jordan is amazing.

The crowd was going nuts through the whole thing. I have never seen a crowd so engaged in a show, ever. More than once, the orchestra just had to start playing to get the crowd to stop clapping/cheering from the previous song.

I have no doubt this one will become a permanent fixture on Broadway, in spite of Disney's current advertisement of a "Limited Engagement."

Posted: **Fri May 04, 2012 8:15 am**

Newsies Cast Reacts to 8 Tony Award Nominees
http://thedisneyblog.com/2012/05/04/new ... -nominees/

Yay! (Oh, and adorable doggie, too!!!!)

Pioneering female reporter provides the inspiration for Kara Lindsay's character in Disney "Newsies the Musical"
http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief ... -quot.aspx

I had been wondering about Katherine, because she's obviously young, so this makes the character make more sense...I haven't seen the show, so I didn't know if she was just supposed to be 18...also, I don't know much about women's careers back in 1899, so, yeah, with Nellie Bly being the inspiration, the character makes more sense to me now!

*edit*

Here's some older Newsies news that I hadn't gotten around to posting yet:

Newsies Sets House Record at Nederlander Theatre
http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest-ID-79855.asp

Video: Newsies on Broadway - King of New York
http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest-ID-79840.asp

Video: Newsies Broadway Cast Recording - Behind-the-Scenes
http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest-ID-79814.asp

Videopolis: One Man Newsies from Nick Pitera
http://thedisneyblog.com/2012/04/24/vid ... ck-pitera/

Posted: **Tue May 08, 2012 9:46 pm**

I hope Newsies wins for Best Musical. I feel nervous that the stupid Broadway people thinks Once is going to win since it got 11 tony nomination. Once looks kind of boring. Newsies is more exciting. Hope it wins all the tony awards.

Posted: **Tue May 08, 2012 10:09 pm**

"Once" will likely take Best Musical, which I'm fine with because it's actually a very sweet and lovely show, and not boring, though I guess vague familiarity with the show gives you ample material to draw conclusions from. I can easily see "Newsies" winning for music, however. In a weaker year "Newsies" could have sweeped, but "Once" is a pretty big critical / commercial darling at this point.

Posted: **Tue May 08, 2012 10:42 pm**

SpringHeelJack wrote:"Once" will likely take Best Musical, which I'm fine with because it's actually a very sweet and lovely show, and not boring, though I guess vague familiarity with the show gives you ample material to draw conclusions from. I can easily see "Newsies" winning for music, however. In a weaker year "Newsies" could have sweeped, but "Once" is a pretty big critical / commercial darling at this point.

Well, I don't know. Let me think about it.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 6:27 pm**

This sign will be gone today as they have now announced that the show is now open-ended!

That being said here are some of my pics from when I saw it last week on my very first trip to NY!

(Swoon! I have such a crush on AK-B. Everybody go to www.submissionsonly.com/ and watch the online sitcom he co-created!)

The show was spectacular. The dancing you may see on TV and think yeah this is good but to see it in real life is BREATHTAKING. Anything wrong with the film has been fixed, the cast is stellar and the music is wonderfully arranged. Should a tour happen I'll be there but I'm not sure if it can live up to this cast and crew on Broadway right now. The audience was electric and was giving it wild applause at every turn which it deserved every bit of. I wish I bought more from the souvenir counter but I actually got most of the things they were selling. I ended up getting the newsboy cap, soundtrack and long sleeve 'seize the day' tee, tote bag, news paper program, trading card set (MORE than a complete set since I bought so much already) , free Jack Kelly and a few other Newsies poster, the logo plastic mug (not the for sale from the site one but the one you get at the theater when you order a drink) and a playbill signed by loads of the cast. I LOVE this show!

-Skyler

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 6:47 pm**

JiminyCrick91 wrote:
This sign will be gone today as they have now announced that the show is now open-ended!

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 6:52 pm**

DisneyJedi wrote: Pony use aside, are you serious about that?! That's gotta be the best Disney Broadway-related news I've heard today!

100% true. I saw it on The New York Times blog, Then Andrew Keenan-Bolger's Twitter, BroadwayWorld.com, then Newsies Twitter and site before pap64 from here on UD Facebook'ed me about it. It's really staying put!

-Skyler

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 7:52 pm**

I'm so jealous Jiminy you got to see the show, get all that stuff and meet the cast! I was reading the D23 article on the show and couldn't believe Crutchie was being played by someone so attractive.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 8:40 pm**

So excited to hear that this is getting an open run! I'm seeing the show next month, and I'm super excited!!

Posted: **Thu May 17, 2012 10:45 pm**

Swoon. Color me super-duper jealous. Gah! Oh, and I'm super pumped that it's not ending this summer, but I wonder when certain members of the cast would leave... there's no way I can afford to go to NYC for at least another year, and surely some of the cast would be gone by then...

But I'm so happy that you had fun and met all of them!!!

Posted: **Fri May 18, 2012 1:35 am**

Flanger-Hanger wrote:I'm so jealous Jiminy you got to see the show, get all that stuff and meet the cast! I was reading the D23 article on the show and couldn't believe Crutchie was being played by someone so attractive.

AND SO TINY. HE IS SO TINY IT SCARES ME

Posted: **Fri May 18, 2012 7:22 pm**

YIPPEE SKIPPEE! Hope they win a Tony Award for Best Musical. And Alan Menken will finally win his first Tony.

Posted: **Mon May 21, 2012 6:43 pm**

Flanger-Hanger wrote:I'm so jealous Jiminy you got to see the show, get all that stuff and meet the cast! I was reading the D23 article on the show and couldn't believe Crutchie was being played by someone so attractive.

I know, right? Of all the famous people I have met very few make me feel nervous (Asking Kevin Smith something at a Q&A live and in person but also being beamed across North America was one, Christian Borle was another the same trip as Newsies actually) but when I met Andrew it was like 'Oh you were so good' mixed with 'Hey your famous', 'I love your other work', 'I have so much to say!' and a large amount of 'Dear God you are hot! Please consider me for next boyfriend please.'

which made me sort of shaky but I think it went well.

The whole cast was very sweet and it seems like EVERYONE in the cast loved the bow tie I had on, that I actually got at 'How to Succeed...' the night before. I really wish I could see everything I saw again as well as everything in New York I missed, plus Newsies about 12 more times. I miss it so much already.

This is a link by the way to a TV show they make in New York with Michael Riedel of the New York Post and Susan Haskins. On this one they talk to Alan Menken & Harvey Fierstein about The Book Of Morm-- Nah. What else? NEWSIES!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfSwnl_4 ... ure=colike

-Skyler

Posted: **Mon May 21, 2012 10:02 pm**

I neglect this topic for so long having not seen the movie only to find out there's a show now?

Posted: **Mon May 21, 2012 11:36 pm**

JiminyCrick91 wrote: that I actually got at 'How to Succeed...' the night before.

With Nick Jonas?!?! Did you meet him?!?!