When newspaper prices go up, delivery boy Jack Kelly organizes a strike to fight back.
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEADLINES of turn of the century New York comes the true story that had Broadway roaring before it even opened. Featuring unforgettable songs audiences have fallen in love with again and again and a story that will make you want to stand up and cheer, Newsies is the perfect show to open up our ninth season.
High in the skyscrapers of New York City, Joseph Pulitzer is plotting a way to increase the revenue of his declining newspaper; while down in the streets, newsboys hawk papers on corners barely making enough to survive. When Pulitzer raises the price of the paper, delivery boy Jack Kelly organizes a strike to show Pulitzer and his gang of cronies they’re not going to be pushed into the gutter.
Based on the 1992 movie, Newsies is a rousing musical nominated for 8 Tony Awards, winning Best Choreography and Best Score. Featuring music from Alan Menken, the 8-time Oscar-winning genius behind scores from some of the most popular Disney films of all time, including Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas and Beauty and the Beast, Newsies is refreshing, inspirational and a huge feel-good show for the whole family. Want good news? Then you want Newsies.
Newsboys go on strike to show a greedy publishing tycoon they’re not going to be pushed into the gutter in Disney’s Newsies, September 4-October 20, 2019 at Paramount Theatre. Photo by Liz Lauren.
(from left) Travis Austin Wright, Jarais Musgrove and Evan C. Dolan play fleet-footed newsboys in Disney’s Newsies. Photo by Liz Lauren.
Newsboys and devoted friends Crutchie (Michael Kurowski) and Jack Kelly (Alex Prakken) dream of better things on a New York rooftop in Paramount Theatre’s production of Disney’s Newsies. Photo by Liz Lauren.
Jerica Exum plays Medda, owner of a burlesque theater who stands firmly for the newsboys’ strike for fair pay, in Paramount Theatre’s production of Disney’s Newsies. Photo by Liz Lauren.
Newsboys go on strike to show a greedy publishing tycoon they’re not going to be pushed into the gutter in Disney’s Newsies, playing September 4-October 20, 2019 at Paramount Theatre. Photo by Liz Lauren.
Newsboys go on strike to show a greedy publishing tycoon they’re not going to be pushed into the gutter in Disney’s Newsies, September 4-October 20, 2019 at Paramount Theatre. Photo by Liz Lauren.
Justine Cameron (center) plays Katherine Plumber, a brash young journalist who stands firmly for the newsboys’ strike for fair pay, in Paramount Theatre’s production of Disney’s Newsies.Photo by Liz Lauren.
Newsboy Jack Kelly (Alex Prakken, left) offers a strike over deal to New York publishing tycoon Joseph Pulitzer (Brent Tuomi) in Paramount Theatre’s production of Disney’s Newsies. Photo by Liz Lauren
Alex Prakken (front and center) is charismatic newsboy Jack Kelly who convinces his fellow newsboys to go on strike in Paramount Theatre’s fleet-footed new production of Disney’s Newsies. Photo by Liz Lauren.
Justine Cameron (left) is brash young journalist Katherine Plumber, and Alex Prakken plays charismatic newsboy Jack Kelly in Paramount Theatre’s production of Disney’s Newsies. Photo by Liz Lauren.
Meet the Team
Artistic Team
Jim Corti ‡
Director
Paramount Theatre’s Artistic Director and 8-time Jeff Award winner
Joshua Blake Carter
Choreographer
Tom Vendafreddo
Music Director & Conductor
William Boles †
Scenic Designer
Jordan Ross
Costume Designer
Victoria Bain †
Lighting Designer
Adam Rosenthal
Sound Designer
Joe Burke
Projection Designer
Katie Cordts
Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer
Ethan Deppe
Electronic Music Designer
Susan Gosdick
Dialect Coach
Bobby Wilhelmson
Fight Choreographer
Matthew McMullen *
Stage Manager
Maegan Burnell *
Assistant Stage Manager
Sam Groisser
Assistant Music Director & Associate Conductor
Cast
Alex Prakken *
Jack Kelly
making Paramount Theatre debut
Nathaniel Buescher
Les
previously in Newsies
Justine Cameron
Katherine Plumber
making Paramount Theatre debut
Michael Ehlers *
Snyder
previously in Legally Blonde, Elf, The Little Mermaid, Hairspray, Newsies, and Rock of Ages
Jerica Exum *
Medda Larkin (September 4-October 7)
previously in Newsies
Daniel Font-Wilets
Les
previously in Newsies
Michael Kurowski *
Crutchie
previously in Once and understudy in Million Dollar Quartet
Koray Tarhan
Davey
making Paramount Theatre debut
Bret Tuomi *
Joseph Pulitzer
previously in Annie
Tom Avery
Buttons, Scab
making Paramount Theatre debut
Anthony Avino *
Mush
previously in Newsies
Katherine Lee Bourné *
Nun, Woman, Bowery Beauty, u/s Medda (September 4-October 7) Medda Larkin (October 9-20)
previously in Newsies
Joe Capstick *
Tommy Boy, Scab
making Paramount Theatre debut
Grant Carriker
Romeo
making Paramount Theatre debut
Kevin Corbett
Morris Delancey, Darcy
making Paramount Theatre debut
Ann Delaney *
Nun, Hannah, Bowery Beauty, u/s Katherine
previously in Into the Woods and Newsies
Jordan De Leon *
Henry, u/s Davey
making Paramount Theatre debut
Vasily Deris *
Weisel, Mayor
previously in Kinky Boots, The Secret of My Success, Newsies and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Evan C. Dolan *
Race, u/s Crutchie
previously in Newsies, Beauty and the Beast, and Sweeney Todd
Ryan Dooley
Bunsen, SM, Camera Man, Goon
making Paramount Theatre debut
Neil Friedman *
Nunzio, Mr. Jacobi, Roosevelt, Goon, u/s Pulitzer
previously in Newsies
John Gurdian
Seitz, Policeman, Guard, u/s Delancey Brothers, Weisel, Mayor, Snyder, Nunzio, Mr. Jacobi, Roosevelt, Bunsen, Man, Stage Manager, Camera Man
making Paramount Theatre debut
Luke Halpern
Swing
previously in Newsies
Christopher Kelley *
Specs
previously in Cinderella, Kinky Boots, Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, The Producers and The Wizard of Oz
Ivory Leonard IV
Elmer
previously in Newsies and The Producers
Jarais Musgrove
Splasher
making Paramount Theatre debut
Nich O’Neil
Albert
previously in Newsies and The Wizard of Oz
Jessica Palkovic
Swing
previously in The Wizard of Oz and Cabaret
Drew Porrett
Mike
making Paramount Theatre debut
Haley Jane Schafer *
Nun, Woman, Bowery Beauty (October 9-20)
previously in The Secret of My Success, Newsies, The Producers, Elf, The Little Mermaid and Mamma Mia!
Ken Singleton *
Oscar Delancey, Bill, Man, u/s Jack
previously in Newsies
Jonny Stein *
Finch, Spot Conlon
previously in Mary Poppins, West Side Story, The Who’s Tommy and Cats
Travis Austin Wright *
Jo Jo, Scab
previously in The Secret of My Success, Newsies and The Wizard of Oz
* indicates member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
† indicates member of United Scenic Artists (USA)
‡ indicates member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
Behind the Scenes
Tuesdays with Corti: 2020 Jeff Award Nominations
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Tuesdays with Corti: Getting Ready for The Secret of My Success
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Tuesdays with Corti: Party Time at Paramount
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Tuesdays with Corti: Newsies Closing and Jeff Awards
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Tuesdays with Corti: Beauty and the Beast First Rehearsal
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Tuesdays with Corti: A Look at The Secret of My Success
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Tuesdays with Corti: Opening Night
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Tuesdays with Corti: Preparing for Opening Night
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Tuesdays with Corti: Jeff Award Nominations
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Tuesdays with Corti: Putting It All Together
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Tuesdays with Corti: Bernadette Peters
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Tuesdays with Corti: Seizing the Day
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Tuesdays with Corti: Newsies First Rehearsal
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Photo Gallery: Newsies Day One Rehearsal
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Newsies Director’s Notes
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Tuesdays with Corti: Newsies Rehearsals
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Tuesdays with Corti: Newsies Cast
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Tuesdays with Corti: Casting the Kids
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Tuesdays with Corti: Happy Fourth of July
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Tuesdays with Corti: Child Actor Day
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Tuesdays with Corti: Paramount Proud
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Tuesdays with Corti: Auditions in the Big Apple
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Tuesdays with Corti: Newsies Choreography
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Tuesdays with Corti: Newsies at Metea Valley High School
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Tuesdays with Corti: New Musicals
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Tuesdays with Corti: A Look at Season 9
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Tuesdays with Corti: Goodbye, Producers
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Tuesdays with Corti: Extra! Extra! Read All About Newsies!
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Tuesdays with Corti: Auditions!
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