Disney’s Newsies
July 16–22 Making Headlines — and History.
Performance time 8:15 p.m. nightly
This Disney favorite seizes the day at The Muny after nine years! When New York’s powerful newspaper publishers raise distribution prices, charismatic teenage newsboy Jack Kelly rallies his fellow “newsies” to strike back. Inspired by a true story and based on the 1992 film, the Broadway smash features a Tony Award-winning score by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman and a book by Harvey Fierstein. With empowering anthems, jaw-dropping choreography, nonstop thrills and a timeless message of standing up for what’s right, Disney’s Newsies delivers an electrifying evening of theatre the whole family will cheer for.
Music by Alan Menken • Lyrics by Jack Feldman • Book by Harvey Fierstein • Based on the Disney film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White
-
Denis Jones
Director
-
Richard J. Hinds
Choreographer
-
Annbritt duChateau
Music Director/Conductor
-
Tijana Bjelajac
Scenic Designer
-
Emily Rebholz
Costume Designer
-
Paige Seber
Lighting Designer
-
Joshua Hummel
Sound Designer
-
Caite Hevner
Video Designer
-
Tommy Kurzman
Wig Designer
-
To be announced
Production Stage Manager
-
The Telsey Office, Lindsay Levine, CSA
Casting
Creative Team
DENIS JONES
Director
A veteran of 12 Muny productions and a three-time recipient of the St. Louis Theater Circle Award, Denis is also a two-time Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee. Denis’ work on Broadway has been seen in Tootsie, Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn and Honeymoon in Vegas. Recent credits include Bye Bye Birdie, Guys and Dolls, and How to Succeed … (Kennedy Center); Elf and Mary Poppins (Seattle 5th Ave); Misery and Oliver! (Maltz Jupiter Theatre); She Loves Me (Bucks County Playhouse); Crazy for You (Asolo Rep); A Chorus Line (Signature Theatre); Chasing Rainbows and The Road to Oz (Paper Mill Playhouse); Hello, Dolly! (Marriott Theatre); Eurydice (Metropolitan Opera); Call Me Madam and Paint Your Wagon (NY City Center Encores!); The Flamingo Kid (Hartford Stage); and The Music Man (Goodman Theatre).
RICHARD J. HINDS
Choreographer
Richard’s directing and choreography credits include Come From Away (Paper Mill Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, La Mirada Theatre); La Cage aux Folles (The Muny); Catch Me If You Can, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Holiday Inn, Guys and Dolls (The REV); Escape to Margaritaville, Mamma Mia!, Saturday Night Fever (Ogunquit Playhouse); Cabaret, Little Shop of Horrors, The Fantasticks (Kansas City Repertory Theatre); Newsies (5-Star Theatricals, Pittsburgh CLO, La Mirada Theatre); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Evita (Flat Rock Playhouse); and Fame (Macau International Festival). Broadway: Elf The Musical, Company, Come From Away, Newsies, Jekyll & Hyde and Il Divo: A Musical Affair. TV: Encore!, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, America’s Got Talent, The Bethenny Show, Bring It and commercials for Macy’s.
ANNBRITT duCHATEAU
Music Director/Conductor
Chicago native, BM and MM DePaul University in piano performance with Mary Sauer, pianist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Fourteen Broadway shows to date. Career highlight: music director/conductor for Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends on Broadway, starring Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga. Other highlights include Kristina at Carnegie Hall and Royal Albert Hall (AMD/pianist), as well as Sondheim’s Company with the New York Philharmonic (AMD/pianist). Annbritt can be heard on OBC recordings of Some Like It Hot, Frozen, Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Into the Woods (2002), The Frogs, Kristina: At Carnegie Hall and Company (NY Philharmonic). Last year she conducted the OBC recording of Once Upon a Mattress with Sutton Foster.
Disney’s Newsies is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. mtishows.com