Photo and Video Flashback- NEWSIES' Trip to Broadway!
By: Nicole Rosky Mar. 30, 2013
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Newsies, the hit Tony Award-winning musical just celebrated its first smash year on Broadway this week, having opened at the Nederlander Theatre on March 29, 2012.
Since bursting onto Broadway last spring, Newsies has set and broken seven Nederlander Theatre house records. The show received 23 major theatrical nominations - including eight Tony Award nods - and won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Score and Choreography. One of Broadway's highest profile hits, it has been featured nationally on "Dancing with the Stars," "The View," "Good Morning America," "Nightline," "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade," "The CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade," "The 2012 Tony Awards," and "The Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade."
The Broadway company of Newsies features Corey Cott as Jack Kelly, John Dossett as Joseph Pulitzer, Kara Lindsay as Katherine Plumber, LaVon Fisher-Wilson as Medda Larkin, Ben Fankhauser as Davey, Andy Richardson as Crutchie, and Nicholas Lampiasi, and Joshua Colley alternating the role of Les.
BroadwayWorld brings you a flashback of the show's journey to the stage below!
The on stage premiere of Newsies opened on September 25, 2011 at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey. The pre-Broadway production is chronicled below!
The Cast of Newsies
The Cast of Newsies
The Cast of Newsies
The Cast of Newsies
The Cast of Newsies
The Cast of Newsies
The Cast of Newsies
Alan Menken and Jack Feldman with Cast
Alan Menken and Cast
Cast of Newsies
The cast then performed at the 2011 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade:
On November 15, 2011 it was announced that the show would officially make the move to Broadway, opening at the Nederlander Theatre on March 29, 2012.
Ensemble Featuring: Ben Fankhauser, Jeremy Jordan & Kara Lindsay during the 'NEWSIES' Opening Night Curtain Call at the Nederlander Theatre in New York on 3/29/2012
Ensemble Featuring: Ben Fankhauser, Jeremy Jordan & Kara Lindsay
Ensemble Featuring: Ben Fankhauser, Jeremy Jordan & Kara Lindsay
Ben Fankhauser & Matthew J. Schechter
Capathia Jenkins, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Ben Fankhauser, Kara Lindsay & Jeremy Jordan
Ben Fankhauser, Kara Lindsay & Jeremy Jordan
Ben Frankhauser, Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay & Matthew J. Schechter
Kara Lindsay & Matthew J. Schechter
Ben Frankhauser, Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay & Matthew J. Schechter
Ben Frankhauser, Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay & Matthew J. Schechter
Ben Frankhauser, Jeremy Jordan & Kara Lindsay
Ben Frankhauser & Jeremy Jordan
Ben Frankhauser & Jeremy Jordan
Ben Frankhauser, Jeremy Jordan & Kara Lindsay
On May 1, 2012 it was announced that the show earned 8 Tony nominations:
Since then the cast has made many other apearances in on television and in the theatre community.
The show has now reached the significant one year mark, and the cast celebrated earlier this week:
'Cake Boss' Cafe chef Mauro Castano along with (2nd row L-R) Garett Hawe, Evan Kasprzak, (Bottom L-R) Ryan Breslin, Brendon Stimson, Tommy Bracco, and Aaron J. Albano
'Cake Boss' Cafe chef Mauro Castano along with (2nd row L-R) Garett Hawe, Evan Kasprzak, (Bottom L-R) Ryan Breslin, Brendon Stimson, Tommy Bracco, and Aaron J. Albano
(Top row L-R) Harvey Fierstein, Thomas Schumacher, Jack Feldman, Alan Menken, Jeff Calhoun, Christopher Gattelli, (2nd row L-R) Garett Hawe, Evan Kasprzak, (Bottom L-R) Ryan Breslin, Brendon Stimson, Tommy Bracco, and Aaron J. Albano
(Top row L-R) Harvey Fierstein, Thomas Schumacher, Jack Feldman, Alan Menken, Jeff Calhoun, Christopher Gattelli, (2nd row L-R) Garett Hawe, Evan Kasprzak, (Bottom L-R) Ryan Breslin, Brendon Stimson, Tommy Bracco, and Aaron J. Albano
The Cast, Creative Team & Company
The Cast, Creative Team & Company
Director Jeff Calhoun with Garett Hawe, Evan Kasprzak, Ryan Breslin, John Michael Fiumara, Tommy Bracco, Aaron J. Albano & Company
Ben Fankhauser, LaVon Fisher-Wilson, Harvey Fierstein, Corey Cott, Mark Aldrich, Thomas Schumacher, Kara Lindsay, Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, John Dossett, Jeff Calhoun & Company
LaVon Fisher-Wilson, Harvey Fierstein, Corey Cott, Mark Aldrich, Thomas Schumacher, Kara Lindsay, Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, John Dossett, Jeff Calhoun & Company
Ben Fankhauser, LaVon Fisher-Wilson, Harvey Fierstein, Corey Cott, Mark Aldrich, Thomas Schumacher, Kara Lindsay, Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, John Dossett, Jeff Calhoun & Company
Corey Cott, Alan Menken & Company
Harvey Fierstein, Corey Cott, Mark Aldrich, Thomas Schumacher, Kara Lindsay, Alan Menken & Company
Harvey Fierstein, Corey Cott, Mark Aldrich, Thomas Schumacher, Kara Lindsay, Alan Menken, Jack Feldman & Company
Harvey Fierstein, Corey Cott, Mark Aldrich, Thomas Schumacher, Kara Lindsay, Alan Menken & Company
The Nederlander Theatre box office hours are Monday through Saturday 10am - 8pm and Sunday 11:30am - 6pm. Newsies is performed on the following schedule: Monday - Wednesday at 7:30pm; Friday - Saturday at 8pm; Wednesday & Saturday at 2pm; and Sunday at 3pm. Visit NewsiesTheMusical.com for details.
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