Bid To Meet Jeremy Jordan at NEWSIES Filming, Support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

NEWSIES is coming to the big screen! Disney Theatrical Productions and Fathom Events have announced that the Tony Award-winning musical NEWSIES will make its worldwide cinema debut in early 2017, starring Jeremy Jordan, reprising his Tony Award-nominated performance as Jack Kelly.

Jordan and original Broadway cast members Kara Lindsay, Ben Fankhauser and Andrew Keenan-Bolger will join the cast of the North American tour for one performance only that will be filmed on Sunday, September 11, 2016 at The Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Hollywood in front of an invited audience.

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The winning bid will support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 BC/EFA has raised more than $285 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States. Visit broadwaycares.org.

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The NEWSIES 2017 in-cinema release and ticket-on-sale dates will be announced later this year. Sign up for additional event announcements at www.newsiesthemusical.com.

"From the very beginning, the stage adaptation of NEWSIES has had an exciting and entirely unexpected journey, propelled by the show's passionate fan base," said Thomas Schumacher, President & Producer, Disney Theatrical Productions. "We are thrilled to be working with Fathom Events and to have Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan and members of the original Broadway company join the North American touring cast as we take NEWSIES on its next exciting chapter, reaching new audiences around the world."

"This special cinema event will entertain audiences across the country by reuniting the show's original Broadway stars and creating the ultimate NEWSIES experience at the movie theater," said John Rubey, CEO of Fathom Events. "When this production hits the big screen in 2017, NEWSIES fans will definitely want to 'seize the day!'"

Since opening on Broadway in 2011, NEWSIES has played 1,711 performances between Broadway and the North American tour, to more than 2.5 million audience members in 65 cities across the country.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride