Newsies The Musical is a Disney Theatrical Productions stage musical based on their 1992 film called Newsies. the film was inspired by the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City. The show has music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein. The musical premiered at the Paper Mill Playhouse in 2011 and made its Broadway debut in 2012. The show was on Broadway for two years (2012-2014) and starts a world tour in October of 2014. Since the show started on the Broadway scene, Newsies has set and broken seven Nederlander Theatre house records and become the highest-grossing show of the 2011-12 Broadway season. The show received 23 major theatrical nominations; eight Tony Award nominations, won a Tony award, and won multiple Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.
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