Disney – The Broadway Ginger

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It was a flop in movie theatres and a smash on Broadway.

Disney’s Newsies has always held a mystic charisma that even the grumpiest critics (you know who you are) admit to appreciating. Join host Sally Fuller and guest Ashley Elliott on today’s deep dive to uncover how Alan Menken’s cult classic film became the hottest ticket on Broadway. Spoiler alert: It’s a lot of work mixed with some uncanny luck.

Shout-outs

Newsies rocks our socks off. Take a listen to the original Broadway cast recording and definitely throw in the “Seize the Day (Chorale)” track from the movie soundtrack.
Our favs: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahontas, Tangled, Howard Ashman, A Christmas Carol, King David, Sister Act, Home on the Range, Der Glockner von Notre Dame, Golden Raspberry “Razzie” Awards, Christian Bale, Ann Margaret, Kenny Ortega, Joseph Pulitzer, David Moscow, Bill Pullman, Max Casella, Paper Mill Playhouse, Harvey Fierstein, Jack Feldman, Jeff Calhoun, Christopher Gattelli, Occupy Wall Street, Thomas Schumacher, Jeremy Jordan, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Ben Fankhauser, Kara Lindsay, Stephanie Stiles, Ben Tyler Cook
Off-topic mentions: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Live, Frozen, Julie and the Phantoms, High School Musical, Tuck Everlasting, Bonnie and Clyde, Frank Wildhorn, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Jekyll and Hyde, The Lord of the Rings,
Special thanks to Peachy Corners Cafe, Crazy Love Coffeehouse, Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee, Ground & Pound Coffee, and Noble & Main for being the best editing offices.
BGP would not be possible without behind-the-scenes team members Thomas Fuller and Elise Friderich.

Bonus Videos

For the budding theatre fans

For the fangirls

The Broadway version did a lot of great things, but one huge mistake they made was to leave our the most bad-awesome song in the movie: the chorale version of “Seize the Day,” complete with some intense tin-can drumming

For the die-hards

Y’all, the famous social media chronicles of the Newsies cast began here with the Paper Mill Playhouse premiere!

Why are they just SO FUN to watch?

So many more of these videos exist, but here is just a taste! Please let us know when you get lost down the Fansie hole, and we will celebrate with you.

Addendums

Fansie- a die-hard fan of Newsies.

To “pull a Judy Kuhn,” is to perform in two different musical performances at the Tony Awards, as Judy Kuhn did in ‘87 with Les Miserables and Rags.

To all interested parties, here is Disney’s first venture to the stage, Snow White Live

Watch Alan Menken accept his Razzie Award, which does, indeed sit in his awards cabinet.

How to Broadway Corner

Two-Dow-Shay (sometimes “Two Doh Shay”)- frequently used in theatre social media as #twodowshay to mean “Two show day.” This refers to the days that have both a matinee and evening performance. In community theatre, those days are all about pizza, massage chains, and Broadway karaoke between shows.

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