Music by Alan Menken | Lyrics by Jack Feldman | Book by Harvey Fierstein | Stage Direction and Choreography by Julie Stanfill | Music Direction by Eva Henderson
Overview
A Youth Troupe production of the Shirlee & Henry Fonda Theatre Academy
Disney’s Newsies Jr. is a high-energy musical about a group of New York City newsboys who rise up against powerful newspaper publishers in 1899. Led by the charismatic Jack Kelly, the “newsies” go on strike to fight for fair wages and better working conditions, discovering the strength of unity and the power of standing up for what’s right.
