For the first MainStage production in the 2023-24 Season, Theater Works will present Newsies from July 14 through July 30 in Gyder Theater at Peoria Center for the Performing Arts, 10580 N. 83rd Drive.
“’Headlines don't sell papes, Newsies sell papes.’” I think Newsies sell tickets too, and what a better way to kick off our 2023-2024 season! We will be offering a complete 6 show season and Newsies will begin the season. Newsies is full of incredible dancing and singing to tell newsie strikes of 1899. Disney has done it again with the creation of this foot stomping, toe tapping high energy musical,” says Executive Director Chris Hamby.
TheaterWorks is thrilled to bring the Tony Award®-winning musical NEWSIES to Peoria, Ariz. Disney’s Newsies, based on the 1992 motion picture, features music by eight-time Academy Award® winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Sister Act), lyrics by Jack Feldman and a book by four-time Tony Award® winner Harvey Fierstein (La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy).
Newsies is inspired by the real-life “Newsboy Strike of 1899,” when newsboy Kid Blink led a band of orphan and runaway newsboys on a two-week-long action against Pulitzer, Hearst, and other powerful newspaper publishers. Timely and fresh, the fictionalized adaptation of Newsies addresses age-old themes of social injustice, exploitative labor practices, and David-versus-Goliath struggles as the young learn to harness their power against a corrupt establishment.
While on Broadway, Newsies received 23 major theatrical nominations – including eight Tony Award® nods – and won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for score and choreography.
They delivered the papers, until they made the headlines... Newsies, has audiences and critics alike calling it “a musical worth singing about!” (The New York Times). Filled with one heart-pounding number after another, it’s a high-energy explosion of song and dance you won’t want to miss. Based on true events, Newsies tells the captivating story of a band of underdogs who become unlikely heroes when they stand up to the most powerful men in New York. It’s a rousing tale about fighting for what’s right... and staying true to who you are.
This production is Directed by Chris Hamby with Music Direction by Lincoln Wright and Choreography by Paul Pedersen and Cydney Trent.
Tickets are $40-48 and are available at the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts Box Office or online at boxoffice@theaterworks.org. Season packages are available.
For more information about Theater Works, visit theaterworks.org. For ticket information, call the Box Office at 623-815-7930. For ADA seating, call the box office.
Cast:
Jack Kelly: Nathan Sheppard
Katherine: Tabitha Meythaler
Crutchie: Kylan Chait
Davey: Griffin LeBlanc
Les: Hudson Hubbell
Albert/Flushing Newsie: Maxwell Brown
Buttons/Flushing Newsie: Jacob Nichols
Elmer/Flushing Newsie: Theo Sosnowski
Finch/Manhattan Newsie: Max Mendoza
Henry/Richmond Newsie: Balen Fisher
Ike/Scab 1/Richmond Newsie: Simon Gary
Jo Jo/ Bronx Newsie: Oakley Rinehart
Mike/ Scab 2/ Bronx Newsie: Peyton McLeod
Mush/ Bronx Newsie: Anthony Enoch Jr
Race/ Manhattan Newsie: Logan Holmes
Romeo/ Manhattan Newsie: Josh Pike
Specs/ Manhattan Newsie: Jack Taylor
Splasher/ Scab 3/ Woodside Newsie: Micah Main
Tommy Boy/ Woodside Newsie: Harrison Rosenberg
Pulitzer: Jon Landvick
Seitz/ Goon/ Policeman: JR Momeyer
Bunsen/ Goon: Steven Meythaler
Snyder: Joshua Hengst
Nunzio/ Policeman/Guard: Gabe Escudero
Roosevelt: Michael Potter
Mr. Jacobi: Alex Areno
Medda: Brooke Leigh Davis
Hannah: Jessica Wells
Oscar Delancy/Darcy: Julian Joseph
Morris Delancy/Bill: Nate McLamb
Spot Conlin/ Woman/ Bowery Beauty: Falin Taylor
Brooklyn Newsie/ Bowery Beauty/ Refuge Kid: Emily Andersen
Brooklyn Newsie/ Bowery Beauty/ Refuge Kid: Michelle Myers
Brooklyn Newsie/ Nun/ Refuge Kid: Norine Lindeman
Brooklyn Newsie/ Nun/ Refuge Kid: Bella Swope
Brooklyn Newsie/ Nun/ Refuge Kid: Rachel Main
Brooklyn Newsie/ Nun/ Photographer: Amelie Fisher
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