“They delivered the papers, until they made the headlines...”
Overview
A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.
Directed by Brett Sullivan
Written by Harvey Fierstein, Alan Menken, Jack Feldman
Produced by Anne Quart, Thomas Schumacher, Naomi Stevens
Box Office0Revenue: $2.8M
About Newsies
Newsies is a music, comedy, drama, history, romance film released in 2017 exploring themes of new york city, musical, based on true story, based on play or musical, love, teenage girl. Directed by Brett Sullivan, it stars Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay, Ben Fankhauser. A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.