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Nederlander Theatre. Book by Harvey Fierstein. Music by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Jack Feldman. Dir. Jeff Calhoun. With Jeremy Jordan, John Dossett, Kara Lindsey. 2hrs 30mins. One intermission.
Newsies

Photograph: Deen van Meer

Nederlander Theatre. Book by Harvey Fierstein. Music by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Jack Feldman. Dir. Jeff Calhoun. With Jeremy Jordan, John Dossett, Kara Lindsey. 2hrs 30mins. One intermission.
Newsies

Photograph: Deen van Meer

Nederlander Theatre. Book by Harvey Fierstein. Music by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Jack Feldman. Dir. Jeff Calhoun. With Jeremy Jordan, John Dossett, Kara Lindsey. 2hrs 30mins. One intermission.
Newsies

Photograph: Deen van Meer

Nederlander Theatre. Book by Harvey Fierstein. Music by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Jack Feldman. Dir. Jeff Calhoun. With Jeremy Jordan, John Dossett, Kara Lindsey. 2hrs 30mins. One intermission.
Newsies

Photograph: Deen van Meer

Nederlander Theatre. Book by Harvey Fierstein. Music by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Jack Feldman. Dir. Jeff Calhoun. With Jeremy Jordan, John Dossett, Kara Lindsey. 2hrs 30mins. One intermission.

Newsies

Photograph: Deen van Meer

Nederlander Theatre. Book by Harvey Fierstein. Music by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Jack Feldman. Dir. Jeff Calhoun. With Jeremy Jordan, John Dossett, Kara Lindsey. 2hrs 30mins. One intermission.

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Thu Mar 29 2012

No one knows what to do with newspapers these days. They kill trees, get your fingers smeary and, in the event their stories are actually true, lag behind the Internet. Anyone who works at a daily (or even—gulp!—a weekly) frets constantly about impending obsolescence. So imagine what a joy it is to see the dear old things so gainfully employed in Disney’s barnstorming, four-alarm delight Newsies. The “papes,” as they’re called by the show’s scrappy New Yawk street hawkers, are indispensable props. They’re stuffed greedily into sacks, hurled as missiles during fights, even spread on the floor for an impromptu dance surface. But it’s not just the clever recycling of tabloid sheets that endears you to this bright, invigorating extravaganza: Not since Wicked has there been a big-tent, family-friendly Broadway musical that gets so much so right.

Set during the city’s newsboy strike in the summer of 1899, Newsies takes the diverting Disney film and adds extra tunes and many more high-jumping dances for the spunky male ensemble. The Alan Menken–Jack Feldman score pleasingly blends music-hall orchestral swing and power pop, and Feldman’s lyrics are more graceful than you’d expect from a show aimed primarily at tweens. Harvey Fierstein’s book brims with sass and big-hearted sympathy for the underdog. And director Jeff Calhoun’s designers balance a gray-brown palette with splashes of color (mostly from costumes), creating grit to rub up against the material’s built-in melodrama and sentimentality.

Jeremy Jordan is a charismatic wonder in the lead role of Jack Kelly, the kindhearted teen who dreams of escaping to Santa Fe but accepts the mantle of hero, unionizing the newsies and standing up to antilabor magnate Joseph Pulitzer (John Dossett, squeezing notes of subtlety from a villain role). Old-fashioned book musicals with pluck, brains and heart are so rare these days; when you see one as blissfully fun as Newsies, it belongs on the front page in 72-point type.—David Cote

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Name:
Nederlander Theatre
Address:
Nederlander Theatre 208 W 41st St
Midtown West
New York

Cross Street:
between Broadway and Eighth Ave
Phone:
212-921-8000
Website:
nederlandertheatre.com
Transport:
Subway: A, C, E to 42nd St–Port Authority; N, Q, R, W, 42nd St S, 1, 2, 3, 7 to 42nd St–Times Sq
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1. Nederlander Theatre
  - 208 W 41st St
    Midtown West
    New York
  - 212-921-8000
  - nederlandertheatre.com
  - 40.755487,-73.988312

Event phone:
866-870-2717
Event website:
newsiesthemusical.com

Categories:
Theater. Musicals
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Culture vultures. Local talent. Up-and-coming talent. Kids. Quiet time
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Still a terrible musical. I always thought the original movie was just dreadful. I had heard such great things about the stage adaptation that I had some hope that it fixed many of the original's problems. Nope. Despite a mostly talented and energetic cast, the songs, dances, story, and book are just awful and incredibly stupid. This was spoon-fed to children who didn't know better in the early 90's. I'm not sure how their nostalgia has overpowered their brains now that the initial fan base has grown up. Do your kids a favor and don't expose a new generation to this mediocrity.

JG Wed Apr 18 2012
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The other day I saw the Broadway show (which was oh my god amazing) and then later that night I saw the hilarious spoof Newsadoozies! Oh my god! It was the best Newsies day ever! Everyone should see both!

Liz Sun Apr 1 2012
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