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He woke up a few days later and was taken care of by Crutchie. This is a notice that your wiki is eligible for removal. Kens awards include a Gemini (Best Production Design/film The Overcoat), four Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Toronto) and 17 Jessie Awards (Vancouver). ETHAN VAN SLYKE (Davey Jacobs) returned to Arena Stage in Newsies after last being seen in Oliver! His children's HBO special,The Sissy Duckling,won the Humanitas Prize and the book version is in its eighth printing. Songs:Rocky V, Home Alone 2andCaptain America. Feel free to cast additional nuns. Afilthy and horrible juvenile reformatory, is concerned only with catching enough kids to keep their government checks coming. Hed like to thank his friends and family for their unconditional love and support. Savannah_Humphreys. It won two, for Menken's score and for choreography. << /Type /Page /Parent 3 0 R /Resources 6 0 R /Contents 4 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] But when the prices of papes are hiked and the newsies are hung out to dry, there is nothing left to do but open the gates and seize the day! Led by charismatic Jack and independent, young newspaper reporter Katherine Plummer, the Newsies form a union and organize a strike against the greedy publisher of the New York World. It was a 1992 American, * Loosely based on the actual New York City, * The original cast of the Broadway production featured, * Producers announced in August 2012 that due to his commitments with. Within the newsies ensemble, consider dividing the group into featured dancers and singers in order to play to the strengths of your performers. Newsies Jr.is presented through special arrangement withMusic Theatre International (MTIShows). Love wins! * In the musical, the newspapers raise prices during July in 1899 after pressure to sell more papers after the war. Tom can be seen in season 4 of Netflixs House of Cards and is a proud graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. After completing a successful day of selling papes, Jack, Crutchie, Davey, and Les are chased suddenly by Snyder, the warden of The Refuge, until they find safety in Medda's theater. New York Off-Broadway credits include:The Scarlet Letter and Freckleface. be received by a week before the start of the program to be considered. Favorite Regional credits include the southwest premiere of the magician-centric As We Lie Still (Contemporary Theatre of Dallas), several seasons with the Trinity Shakespeare Festival and A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch featuring Donna McKechnie at Bass Hall. They chased away the Delanceys and brought back an unconscious boy back with them. There are no guarantees and all applications. Hed like to thank his friends and family for their unconditional love and support. He became an orphan on the streets. He opened he told them that he loved the water and had learned in his childhood and from then on he was Splasher. TV: Music and lyrics for the PBSTheatre in Americaproduction of Eve MerriamsOut of Our Fathers House;The Magic Hat;The Little Mermaid(TV special);Polly; Sesame Street; Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss; and Out of the Box. Also many pop songs, including the Grammy Awardwinning Copacabana, the top-10 hit I Made It Through the Rain, and songs and special material for Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McRae, Liza Minnelli, Lily Tomlin, Dionne Warwick, and the Muppets. Daveys cheeky younger brother, is inspired by the freedom of the newsies and loves their independent lifestyle. He received a BFA in Musical Theatre from Pace University. Newsies Including Albert, Buttons, Elmer, Finch, Henry, Ike, Jo Jo, Mike, Mush, Race, Romeo, Specs, Splasher, and Tommy Boy, are some of the hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage. * The original cast of the Broadway production featuredJeremy Jordanas Jack Kelly andJohn Dossettas newspaper tycoonJoseph Pulitzer. His teleplays includeTidy Endingsfor HBO (ACE Award), andOn Common Groundfor Showtime. Photo by Margot Schulman. 12 0 R >> >> Follow him on Instagram: @itsjosiahsmothers, as part of the National Civil War Project, and has been an associate director, text director, and vocal/dialect coach on multiple other productions. Additional D.C. credits includeA Midsummer Nights DreamandRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead(Folger Theatre);Angels in America: Parts 1 and 2(Round House); andThe Arsonists,&Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play(Woolly Mammoth). This past season: La Traviata (The Kennedy Center WNO), pre-Broadway Jukebox Hero featuring Foreigners Greatest Hits (Ed Mirvish Toronto) and Lyrics & Lyricists Celebrates Oklahoma! Actor Wyn Delano talks about Newsies in D.C. 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I offer you freedom and money to work for me until the stirke's over. Regional: Music for Mr. Durang and Albert InnauratosIdiotsKaramazovat the Yale Repertory Theatre. He is a Rider University MT graduate and a proud AEA member. MICHAEL HEWITT (Morris Delancey / Darcy / Ensemble / Teddy Roosevelt u/s) could not be more excited to make his Arena Stage debut. Regional credits include: The 5th: Man of La Mancha (Aldonza), A Night with Janis Joplin; Milwaukee Rep & Prince Music Theatre: Dreamgirls (Effie). The cast of Disneys 'Newsies' running November 1 through December 29, 2019 at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. His previous credits include: Angelotti in Tosca (WNO); Baron Douphol in La traviata (WNO); Jud Fry in Oklahoma! His television credits include The Ellen DeGeneres Show and SYTYCD. Has a short singing solo in Brooklyns Here.. Music by Alan MenkenLyrics by Jack FeldmanBook by Harvey FiersteinA musical based on the Disney film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni WhiteOriginally produced on Broadway by Disney Theatrical ProductionsDirected by Molly SmithChoreographed by Parker EsseMusic Direction by Laura Bergquist. HWMO@cMAJUhb U$ %I]w8)UYvg3!sO7gS(tIv^]WzQ( r2O!Yo*N@XyI~eK8HYe}/G`t;_B6;!/"9sclE,[}^: =dp)xT*^8HR mh8RC.-H)tgQ>bTu'es(7? Albert, Buttons, Elmer, Finch, Henry, Jo Jo, Mush, Race, Romeo, Specs, Manhattan, Flushing, Richmond, Woodside and Bronx. Photo by Margot Schulman. Katherine's no-nonsense father, Pulitzer doesn't sympathize . A leader in his own right who is learning to use his voice to uplift others, Davey is the brains of the resistance. Given the nature of this show, most other characters can double as newsies to help fill in the musical numbers. He had found himself in Manhattan trying to escape his house. Regional credits include: Music Theatre Wichita, MUNY, North Carolina Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse and The Metropolitan Opera. Suggested Audition Pieces Auditioning for Les Jacobs? The show will be performed in The Capitol Theater at Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, WI opening June 22, and closing June 25, 2023.. Rehearsals start June 6, 2023 in Madison, WI and require daytime availability. Photo of the cast of Disney's 'Newsies' by Suzanne Blue Star Boy. MaeveNielsen Plus "Race" lines- Newsies. A recent graduate of Pace University's Musical Theater program, Joe has made concert appearances in New York City at 54Below, the Green Room 42, and MCC Theater. Elsewhere: the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (19 years). SHILOH ORR (Albert / Scab / Ensemble) will be making his Arena Stage debut in Newsies. However, the price for the papers was actually raised from 50 cents to 60 cents, * At the height of the strike, on July 24, 1899, the Newsboys Union held a massive rally at the New Irving Theatre, a vaudeville venue on the, * Newsies began as a film. If you require financial assistance please print out the application below. Performers in these roles must create unique and specific characters with physical and vocal . Takes the triumphant photo of the newsies at the end of Seize the Day. This performer will double in other roles. SUSAN R. WHITE (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be a part of Arena's 70th season and to be working, once again, with Artistic Director Molly Smith. 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Awards: 8 Oscars (19 nominations), 11 Grammys (including Song of the Year) , 7 Golden Globes, Tony (plus 4 nominations), Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, New York Drama Critics, Olivier and Londons Evening Standard Award, Drama League. Though living on the streets has given him a tough-guy exterior, Jack has a big heart and can demonstrate a sweet vulnerability especially when it comes to bantering with a certain female reporter. Assisted by the intimidating Delancey brothers, who keep order by any means necessary, Wiesel is Pulitzers disgruntled paper- pusher. The crooked warden of The Refuge. It was a 1992 Americanmusicalcomedy-dramafilm, produced byWalt Disney Picturesand directed by choreographerKenny Ortegain his filmdirecting debut. 8 /Filter /FlateDecode >> Photo by Margot Schulman. The Broadway cast recording was released on iTunes in 2012, fromGhostlight Records. * A scene with Jack, Davey, and Spot Conlon is absent, as is Spot's involvement in the fight between the newsies and scabbers; Spot doesn't appear until the rally. The musical premiered at thePaper Mill Playhousein 2011 and made itsBroadwaydebut in 2012, where it played for more than 1,000 performances before touring. * A solo number for Crutchie titled Letter from the Refuge was added for national tour, replacing a scene from the movie where Jack visits Crutchie after he is captured by Snyder. JENNY MALE (Fight and Intimacy Consultant) is a certified teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors and a certified intimacy director with Intimacy Directors International. It's the rousing tale of a ragged band of teenage newspaper sellers . OBC. Role " NEWSIES, including ALBERT, BUTTONS, ELMER, FINCH, HENRY, IKE, JO JO, MIKE, MUSH, RACE, ROMEO, SPECS, SPLASHER, and TOMMY BOY, are some of the hard-working kids of New York City who go on strike for a livable wage. In 32 seasons with Shakespeare Theatre Company, his over 70 roles include Helen Hayes turns inHenry IV,Richard IIandMacbeth. The hard-working kids of New York City who go on strike for a livable wage. Josiah is a dancer/singer/actor at Studio Bleu in Ashburn. Will had kept his burnt arm wrapped and the burns had turned to scars, but he kept it covered. The guard who throws Jack, Davey, and Les out of the building when they try to get in to see Pulitzer. This performer must be able to switch from a practical, efficient stage manager personality to an energetic and entertaining host of the show when they are on stage at the club. Assisted by the intimidating Delancey brothers, who keep order by any means necessary, Wiesel is Pulitzers disgruntled paper-pusher. janeheeter Plus. Instagram:@missbridgetriley Website: www.missbridgetriley.com, TRO SHAW (Tommy Boy / Scab /Ensemble / Fight Captain) is thrilled to be making her Arena Stage debut with this powerful and energetic musical. Wyn holds a BFA in Theatre from TCU in Fort Worth, TX. Pulitzers bookkeeper, comes up with the ideas to raise the newsies price per paper. Match. At first the newsies think the cops are there to help them, but the police join the fight on the Snyders side and begin arresting newsies and taking them away. LUCY SPRING (Swing) is excited to be making her Arena Stage debut in Newsies. Cast an actor with the ability to portray the maturity and stature of this well- respected leader. Agroup of vaudeville performers in Meddas act. Running Time 2h30, inc. interval. 11. The double Tony award-winning smash-hit musical Newsies is debuting in the UK for a limited run until 16th April. IN REGARDS TO GENDER: You will notice that many roles are listed as male." Film credits include:Something Borrowed and East of Adin.TV credits include:Nurse Jackie andPrimal Instinct.Concerts include: Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops Symphony Orchestra, Ted Shawn Theatre and Jacob's Pillow. The rest of the newsies from all across New York - even the intimidating Spot Conlon and the newsies of Brooklyn - gather at Medda's theater for the rally that Davey has planned ("Brooklyn's Here"). Six songs were added for the stage adaptation, including three newly written for the Broadway production since the Paper Mill Playhouse debut: "The Bottom Line," "That's Rich" and "Something to Believe In" (replacing "Then I See You Again," also written for the stage adaptation). Newsies runs approximately two hours and 15 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission. Look for a performer who can portray this astute entertainer with great comic delivery, while standing firmly behind the newsies in their fight for justice. Staff is available through phone or email most hours of the day. * Although Katherine Plumber is fictional character, she is named for Pulitzer's daughter Katherine Ethel, who died of pneumonia in 1884 at the age of 2. The songs "My Lovey Dovey Baby" and "High Times Hard Times" were removed and replaced by the singular song "That's Rich", which is performed by the same character, Medda Larkin, while the remaining songs were rewritten to fit the changes in the storyline between the film and the musical. The Alaska Native-inspired production ofMacbeththat Anita conceived and directed was performed in English and Tlingit at the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the Shakespeare in Washington Festival. F. 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