“Read all about it” – Newsies comes to Tulsa

Disney Theatrical Productions and Celebrity Attractions bring the highly anticipated national Broadway tour of Disney’s Newsies to Tulsa. The Tony Award-winning production premieres at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for eight performances September 14-18.

Set in New York City at the turn of the century, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged ‘newsies’ who dream only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies newsies from across the city to strike for what is right. 

Newsies is inspired by the real-life ‘Newsboy Strike of 1899,’ when newsboy Kid Blink led a band of orphan and runaway newsies on a two-week-long action against Pulitzer, Hearst and other powerful newspaper publishers. 

The stage version introduces seven brand-new songs by the original team of Menken and Feldman, including a song written specifically for the tour called Letter from the Refuge, while keeping many of the beloved songs from the film, including Carrying the Banner, Seize the Day, King of New York and Santa Fe. 

Since the film’s 1992 theatrical release and subsequent DVD release, Newsies has grown into a cult phenomenon, and for years had been the single most requested title of all the Disney musical films not yet adapted for the stage.  (The film featured a screenplay by Bob Tzudiker & Noni White (Tarzan, 102 Dalmatians).)

Newsies, the new American musical, features a Tony Award-winning score with music by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman and a book by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, and is produced by Disney Theatrical Productions. Newsies is directed by Tony nominee Jeff Calhoun and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, who won a 2012 Tony Award for his work. The entire creative team has reunited to bring the break-out smash musical to audiences across North America. 

Presented by Celebrity Attractions, Disney’s Newsies comes to the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for eight performances only from September 14-18. The performance schedule is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Thursday at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. 

Tickets may be purchased via phone at (918) 596-7111 or (800) 364-7111, in person at the Tulsa PAC Ticket Office or online at MyTicketOffice.com. Orders for groups of 10 or more may be placed by calling (918) 796-0220.

Ticket buyers are reminded that the Tulsa PAC Ticket Office and Celebrity Attractions are the only official retail ticket outlets for all performances at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Ticket buyers who purchase tickets from a ticket broker or any third party should be aware that the Tulsa PAC Ticket Office is unable to reprint or replace lost or stolen tickets and is unable to contact patrons with information regarding time changes or other pertinent updates regarding the performance.

Copyright 2016 The Gayly - 9/3/2016 @ 11:49 a.m. CDT.