Seizing the Day, "Newsies" Creative Team Completes Unfinished Business

1,189 views · Published 20 September 2011 · 3:18 · Indexed 27 October 2026

Channel: Playbill · 2011 · Entertainment

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"Newsies" composer Alan Menken, lyricist Jack Feldman and choreographer Christopher Gattelli, along with librettist Harvey Fierstein, wanted much more than to simply transplant the Disney movie musical to the stage. Adding additional songs, fresh characters, new plot points and 2011 choreography, the live "Newsies" — in its world-premiere production at Paper Mill Playhouse — is a creative "do-over" chance for the team. Expect an homage to the 1992 film's choreography and characters, but also a muscular, fleshed out new approach to the tale newsboys who wage a labor strike in 1890s New York.

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