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| superwickedfan33 |
Newsies: The Broadway MusicalAny news on how well the show is progressing? |
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| rockthestage82 |
I never heard this was in production?? | ||||
| superwickedfan33 |
It is. Alan Menken has a news article talking about him starting workshops for Newsies on his website. I haven't heard anything about it since then. I am a BIG newsies fan, so..........  Yeah you can imagine my elation at finding out that this show was put in development.
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| kozafluitmusique |
I need to see Newsies again ... and AHH this would be exciting! | ||||
| RainbowJude |
NEWSIES "in development"....?
Where is this website and article? All I can find is an unofficial site with a link to an article that says:
That was in 2008; there's no mention of workshops at all and I'd hardly say it counts as a sign that the show is "in development". But if you point me to the right article, I'd love to read it. I like Newsies as much as the next guy, but I'm not convinced it's a priority for Disney or Menken as a stage vehicle. Later days David |
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| The Guard |
I'm a big fan of NEWSIES, but I would expect this to flop and then some, as the movie itself didn't exactly do great business. | ||||
| Apples2for10 |
Well, Dear World and Mack & Mabel flopped, but they still garnered great followings. Newsies is no different. The only problem I see with adapting Newsies is coming up with more female roles that would logistically fit into the story. |
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| The Guard |
They could just put the female role, Christian Bale's love interest in the movie, in a larger capacity...and have her like, disguise herself as a boy to sell papers or some such nonsense. | ||||
| Tumnus1031 |
Yeah, I imagine that they would expand Sarah's role (hopefully Les' too?) and probably add in a female Newsie or two, kind of like Anybodys in WSS.
Anyways, when it is finally adapted for stage, I can guarantee I'll be in line the first day to purchase tickets. |
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| RainbowJude |
Huh?
But it is. This doesn't really work as an analogy. Firstly, both of the former were stage productions and, secondly, neither of them developed such a great following that caused them to make the jump from stage to screen, which is a jump towards a mass medium rather than a less popular one. So how does this make Newsies any more viable as a stage property? The only thing all three have in common is that they all have cult - not great - followings. Later days David |