NEWSIES Broadway Update
NEWSIES Broadway Update
macbeth
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/03
#1NEWSIES Broadway Update
Posted: 10/23/11 at 12:26pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Twitter-Watch-Alan-Menken-Hoping-for-NEWSIES-Broadway-Tour-20111023
Well, Menken is hopeful at least...
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#2NEWSIES Broadway Update
Posted: 10/23/11 at 12:32pmI thought it was already set for Broadway? I don't think it would do too well, but it's not my money.
#2NEWSIES Broadway Update
Posted: 10/23/11 at 1:15pmNot do well? I think it's potentially the next big blockbuster musical. If marketed properly, I see a healthy 5-year run.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#3NEWSIES Broadway Update
Posted: 10/23/11 at 4:14pmNo, it wasn't set for Broadway. No one at Papermill knows how that rumor got started. In my opinion, the show was good as a regional production, but is nowhere near ready for Broadway.
Emmaloucbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/11
#4NEWSIES Broadway Update
Posted: 10/23/11 at 5:43pm
IMO I really want it to come to Broadway... I absolutely LOVED it at PaperMill, but I do think that it needs rewriting in some scenes.
I also hope Jeremy Jordan will play Jack again... he was AMAZING. "Santa Fe" gave me goosebumps!!
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#5NEWSIES Broadway Update
Posted: 10/23/11 at 8:24pm
They should stay with their original plan, it's a good show for regional and schools (where the girls can Chaz Bono it up and play the boys).
After all the hype I was kinda disapointed, when the Newsies were onstage it was very entertaining but the rest didn't hold up for me.
And Jordan is too old for the part, despite his looks and charm.
I never trust Twittering for truth.
Not every show has to be on Broadway, the target audience (teenage boys who love to dance) are not gonna keep it running 5 years, or even 2 years.
#6NEWSIES Broadway Update
Posted: 10/23/11 at 11:26pmIt would do well touring, but I'm not sure it would last more than 2 years on Broadway.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
