EXTRA, EXTRA...
It's that time again. Broadway in Austin is opening the 2016-17 Season with the Tony-award winning musical, "Newsies".
Based on the real-life ‘Newsboy Strike of 1899, Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy leads a ragged band of teenaged ‘newsies,’ in a strike against publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst when they chose to raise prices threatening the livelihood of these street boys.
The original 1992 film developed a cult following, especially after the DVD release. It was brought to the Broadway stage featuring features a Tony® Award-winning score with music by eight-time Academy Award® winner Alan Menken and lyrics by Jack Feldman, a book by four-time Tony® Award winner Harvey Fierstein.
Personally, I can't wait to strike out and join Jack Kelly's boys!!!
WHO: Lexus Broadway in Austin presented by Texas Performing ArtsWHAT: Tony® Award-Winning Smash Musical Premiere of Disney’s NEWSIESWHEN: September 27 – October 2, 2016Tuesday – Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; Sunday at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.WHERE: Bass Concert Hall / 2350 Robert Dedman Drive / Austin, TXTICKETS: Start at $25. Tickets are available at BroadwayinAustin.com, the Bass Concert Hall box office, all Texas Box Office Outlets, by phone at (512) 477-6060. For groups of 10 or more, call (877) 275-3804 or email Austin.groups@broadwayacrossamerica.com
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See you there!
Based on the real-life ‘Newsboy Strike of 1899, Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy leads a ragged band of teenaged ‘newsies,’ in a strike against publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst when they chose to raise prices threatening the livelihood of these street boys.