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Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical

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Newsboys go on strike in 1899 New York in this stage performance of the musical "Newsies," filmed at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.
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Renee Schonfeld Common Sense Media Dazzling staged musical has some mild cursing. Rated: 4/5 Sep 29, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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Lilman L It's relatively good but just doesn't hit the jackpot like it used to. I remember there being tons of original and fun songs but in reality it's only like 3 songs and the ones from the theatre scene. Characters are kinda bland but the choreography makes up for some of the many flaws this has. Obviously managing and performing a full musical is hard and takes talent but I just feel like this could have been so much better. Overall this is really good to watch while doing laundry or making your bed. 6.2/10 Worth trying, barely. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/15/24 Full Review Teddy B This story works MUCH better on Broadway than the silver screen, even if it doesn't completely separate itself from the syrupy faults of the film. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/24 Full Review Alexis A JEREMY JORDAN, BEN FANKHAUSER, ANDREW KEENAN-BOLGER, KARA LINDSAY, AND BEN COOK ARE ALL AMAZING IN THIS I LOVE NEWSIES THE SONGS ARE GREAT* I HAVE THIS ENTIRE THING MEMORIZED i highly recommend watching this musical! *except for the bottom line and bottom line reprise, those ones are trash Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/23/23 Full Review Julia C This play is Top-notch! I loved it!! It tells the story of the 1899 newspaper kid's strike in a fun and musical way. I also did this play in school, and I fell in love with it intstantly. I would totally reccommed this to someone! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/12/23 Full Review Paul G Great cast, no bad songs (although no standout songs), great sets, a worthwhile story, so in theory this should have been great. Unfortunately it is not. The New York accents are too much, the story does not appeal, I don't know exactly what the problem is but the sum of the parts is less than individual components. Don't bother. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/17/22 Full Review Audience Member A fun performance with great music and an incredibly talented cast. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Newsboys go on strike in 1899 New York in this stage performance of the musical "Newsies," filmed at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.
Director
Brett Sullivan
Producer
Paul Morphos, Anne Quart, Thomas Schumacher, Naomi Stevens
Screenwriter
Bob Tzudiker, Noni White
Rating
PG (Some Language|Smoking Images|Mild Action)
Genre
Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 16, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 25, 2017
Runtime
2h 29m
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