StageFright Academy is thrilled to present: Newsies! Based on a true story, Newsies is set in 1899 and follows Jack Kelly and his ragtag team of newsboys who make their living selling newspapers on the city streets of New York. When prices of the ‘papes’ are driven up and the Newsies are hung out to dry, there is nothing left to do but STRIKE against the money-hungry Newspaper tycoon, Pulitzer. Led by charismatic Jack and an independent young reporter, Katherine Plummer, the newsies form a union and organize a strike against the greedy publishers of New York City. Can a group of idealistic newsboys win against a foe as powerful as Joseph Pulitzer?
Newsies is a joyful, entertaining and heartwarming musical that captures the strength that young people have when they join together and stand up against injustice. With a laugh-out-loud and poignant book by Harvey Feirstein and beautiful music by Alen Menken and Jack Feldman–Newsies is a classic with the power to inspire.
