NEW YORK — A man works for decades and can barely scrape together enough pennies to fix his fridge. He shuffles into his home late after fruitless workdays, filled with an increasingly urgent despair. Then to top it all off, he’s fired.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
"Newsies" on Nightline
ABC’s John Berman hung out with the (now Tony-nominated) cast of “Newsies.” He notes that the plot for the hit Broadway musical, set in 1899, sort of tells the story of a Occupy Wall Street movement of its time, with much better dancing.
“Newsies” stars Ryan Steele, who plays Specs, and Ryan Breslin, who plays Race, show off a few pirouettes for our cameras:
Source: ABC news
Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Bobby Steggert, Josh Young Contribute to Transport Group Online Auction
The Transport Group has launched its online benefit auction which will be available until May 10.
Over 20 Broadway shows have full packages up for bids (each include two producer seats, a backstage tour, and a signed poster), including Once, Newsies, and The Book of Mormon. For example, the Newsies package includes a backstage tour from cast members Ben Fankhauser and Andrew Keenan-Bolger.
Source: Theatre Mania
Over 20 Broadway shows have full packages up for bids (each include two producer seats, a backstage tour, and a signed poster), including Once, Newsies, and The Book of Mormon. For example, the Newsies package includes a backstage tour from cast members Ben Fankhauser and Andrew Keenan-Bolger.
There is also a package featuring lunch with Bobby Steggert and Transport Group's Artistic Director, Jack Cummings III, and a specialty VIP package from its own upcoming all-star concert ofBaby on June 18.
Another item is a lunch with Josh Young, currently starring as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar.
Other auction highlights include tickets to TV tapings and sporting events, spa/fitness/beauty packages, fashion/jewelry items, signed TV/theatre memorabilia, and private workshops with NYC agents, casting directors, and acting teachers.
All proceeds from the auction benefit Transport Group and winning bids are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
For more information click here.
Source: Theatre Mania
‘Newsies,’ a Musical of a New Protest Generation
What if a pirouette could bring world peace? What if a cartwheel could change the world? What if people read actual newspapers made of actual paper?
No, it wouldn’t take a miracle for that to happen, it would just take the hit Broadway musical, “Newsies.”
Nominated for eight Tony Awards today including the coveted “Best Musical,” this unlikely show about unlikely kids defying the odds is having headline-grabbing success at the box office and with critics.
“Newsies” is the more or less true story of a paperboy strike in New York City in the summer 1899. It was sort the Occupy Wall Street of its time, with much better dancing.
While most of the teen and 20-something cast members of the Broadway show admit to rarely reading newspapers — they get their information from Facebook and Twitter, they say — they do think the show has struck a chord with their audience.
“We feel so blessed to be part of a show that celebrates this kind of thing that’s going on in our world,” said 19 year-old Jess Le Protto, who plays Buttons, one of the tumbling, jumping, spinning newsboys that makes the show a delight to watch.
The show has a complicated history. It is adapted from the 1992 Disney film of the same name, that was something of a box office flop. The movie starred a pre-Batman Christian Bale, who seems more comfortable fighting crime in tights than singing and dancing.
“I don’t ever want to do a musical… ever again,” he told ABC News a few years ago.
But the show did resonate with the VHS crowd and kids watching the Disney Channel on cable. (The Walt Disney Company is the parent company of ABC News.)
“If I could tell one thing to Christian Bale,” said Jeremy Jordan, who reprises Bale’s Jack Kelly in the Broadway show, “I would say, try to not to be ashamed of your musical past.”
Disney said there was nothing short of a public outcry for a stage version.
“This is the only example, certainly at Disney theatrical and one of the few I can think of anywhere, where the audience decided they wanted this musical,” said Thomas Schumacher, president of the Disney Theatrical Group.
Watch ABC’s John Berman’s interview with the cast of “Newsies” on “Nightline,” Wednesday at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT
Source: ABC news
Photo Flash: MTC Spring Gala
Hugh Dancy, Paulo Szot, Jeremy Jordan, Andrew Samonsky and the cast of Broadway's Godspell were among those on hand for Manhattan Theatre Club's annual spring gala, held April 30 at Cipriani.
Source: Playbill
2012 Tony Award Nominees React
Jeremy Jordan (Newsies, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical)
Source: Theatre Mania
"I've never had my name called as a Tony nominee before. I was watching on a computer, and it was pretty incredible. I'm so thrilled that as far as Newsies, we got so much of what we hoped for, and that there were also a couple for Bonnie & Clyde. I'm so happy for Laura Osnes and Frank Wildhorn. It's really been a great morning."
Source: Theatre Mania
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