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    The document summarizes key details about the musical Newsies, including that it opened on Broadway in 2012 after originally being a 1992 film, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Jack Feldman. It describes the performers in an upcoming performance of a Newsies scene and notes the musical is based on the 1899 newsboy strike in New York City and centers around a newsie named Jack Kelly who leads a rebellion against unfair treatment by Joseph Pulitzer.

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    The document summarizes key details about the musical Newsies, including that it opened on Broadway in 2012 after originally being a 1992 film, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Jack Feldman. It describes the performers in an upcoming performance of a Newsies scene and notes the musical is based on the 1899 newsboy strike in New York City and centers around a newsie named Jack Kelly who leads a rebellion against unfair treatment by Joseph Pulitzer.

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    The document summarizes key details about the musical Newsies, including that it opened on Broadway in 2012 after originally being a 1992 film, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Jack Feldman. It describes the performers in an upcoming performance of a Newsies scene and notes the musical is based on the 1899 newsboy strike in New York City and centers around a newsie named Jack Kelly who leads a rebellion against unfair treatment by Joseph Pulitzer.

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    NewsiesStorySynopsis

    (Evan)ThefirstperformanceforNewsieswasatthePaperMillPlayhousein2011.Weare
    performingascenefromtheNewsies,andtheopeningnightonBroadwaywasonMarch29,
    2012intheNederlanderTheatre,althoughitwasoriginallyamoviethatcameoutin1992with
    thenowpopularChristianBale.

    (Henry)AlanMenkenmadethemusictothemusical,themusicalhashadatotalof992
    performances,andJackFeldmanwasthelyricistoftheshow.Theplaywasadaptedfromthe
    1992movieperformance,andwaswrittenbyHarveyFierstein.

    (Danny)TheNewsiesBroadwayperformancebeganaNorthAmericantourin2014.Inourplay,
    DavidplaysJack,HenryplaysDavid,EvanplaysSpotandMush,TommyplaysBoots,Lesand
    Racetrack,andDannyplaysDenton,BrooklynNewsie,andSkittery.

    (David)Theplayreceivedseveralawardsforitsperformanceasthefilmandplay.TheNewsies
    hasnominated16times,andwonfourawardsin2012fortheGrammyAwards,TonyAwards,
    DramaDeskawards,andtheYoungArtistaward.

    (Tommy)Themusicalisbasedonthenewsboystrikeof1899thatoccurredinNewYorkCity.It
    isaboutanewsienamedJackKellywhohasalwayswantedtobeanartist.JosephPulitzerwas
    notbeingfairtotheNewsiessotheybegantorebelinordertogettherightstheydeserve.

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