Actor Ben Vereen, who won a Tony Award in 1973 for his role in Pippin, stopped by to see a performance of Disney’s Newsies in San Diego. Following a successful Broadway run, the show is currently embarked on a national tour.
Nicholas Masson, JP Ferreri, Ben Vereen, Josh Burrage, Nico DeJesus
Newsies is inspired by the real-life ‘Newsboy Strike of 1899,’ when newsboy Kid Blink led a band of orphan and runaway newsies on a two-week-long action against Pulitzer, Hearst and other powerful newspaper publishers.
The stage version introduces seven brand-new songs by the original team of Menken and Feldman, including a song written specifically for the tour called “Letter from the Refuge,” while keeping many of the beloved songs from the film, including “Carrying the Banner,” “Seize the Day,”King of New York” and “Santa Fe.”
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