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Newsies

Newsies

They delivered the papers, until they made the headlines...

20178.02h 14m

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

Top Cast

Jeremy Jordan

Jeremy Jordan

Jack Kelly

Kara Lindsay

Kara Lindsay

Katherine

Ben Fankhauser

Ben Fankhauser

Davey

Andrew Keenan-Bolger

Andrew Keenan-Bolger

Crutchie

Steve Blanchard

Steve Blanchard

Joseph Pulitzer

Aisha de Haas

Aisha de Haas

Medda Larkin

Ethan Steiner

Ethan Steiner

Les

Tommy Bracco

Tommy Bracco

Spot Conlon

Joshua Burrage

Joshua Burrage

Jojo

Ben Cook

Ben Cook

Race

Themes & Keywords

new york citymusicalbased on true storybased on play or musicalloveteenage girlorphanteenage boybased on moviecorrupt officialworkers unionturn of the centurystage musicalnewspaper boy19th centurylive theatre1900sfilmed theatercorrectional institution20th century1890smusical proshot

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.

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