Newsies

Newsies
Touchwood Pacific Partners I / Disney, 1992, Color, 125 minutes, ***
Released April, 1992

Relatively recent live-action musical from the folks at Disney. Good story about newspaper delivery boys in early 20th Century New York fighting for fair treatment. Lots of rousing songs and dances, and an appearance by Ann-Margret!

Produced by: Michael Finnell
Associate Producers: Ira Shuman, Marianne Sweeny
Directed by: Kenny Ortega
Written by: Bob Tzudiker and Noni White
Original Songs: Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Jack Feldman
Original Underscore by: J. A. C. Redford
Songs Orchestrated and Conducted by: Danny Troob
Vocal Arrangements by: Danny Troob
Choreography by: Kenny Ortega and Peggy Holmes
Music Supervisor: Maureen Crowe
Production Designer: William Sandell
Art Director: Nancy Patton
Set Decorator: Robert Gould
Costume Designer: May Routh
Key Make-Up Artist: Joseph W. McKinney
Key Hairstylist: Charlene C. Johnson
Director of Photography: Andrew Laszlo
Special Effects: James M. Hart
Filmed in Panavision, Prints by Technicolor
Film Editor: William Reynolds

Cast: The Newsies: Christian Bale [Jack Kelly], David Moscow [David Jacobs], Luke Edwards [Les Jacobs], Max Casella [Racetrack], Marty Belafsky [Crutchy], Arvie Lowe, Jr. [Boots], Aaron Lohr [Mush], Trey Parker [Kid Blink], Gabriel Damon [Spot Conlon], Dee Caspary [Snitch], Joseph Conrad [Jake], Dominic Maldonado [Itey], Matthew Fields [Snipeshooter], Mark David [Specs], Ivan Dudynsky [Dutchy], Robert Feeney [Snoddy], Michael Goorjian [Skittery], Dominic Lucero [Bumlets], David Sidoni [Pie Eater], Kevin Stea [Swifty], The Friends of the Newsies: Bill Pullman [Bryan Denton], Ann-Margret [Medda Larkson], Ele Keats [Sarah Jacobs], Jeffrey DeMunn [Mayer Jacobs], Deborra-Lee Furness [Esther Jacobs], Marc Lawrence [Kloppman], Kevin Michaels [Ten-Pin], Sylvia Short, Melody Santangelo, Lois Young [Nuns], JoAnn Harris [Patrick's Mother], Gregg Kent-Smith [Toby the Candy Butcher], David James Alexander [Teddy Roosevelt], The Opposing Forces: Robert Duvall [Joseph Pulitzer], Michael Lerner [Weasel], Kevin Tighe [Snyder], Charles Cioffi [Seitz], Shon Greenblatt [Oscar Delancey], David Sheinkopf [Morris Delancey], Mark Lowenthal [Jonathan], William Boyett [Judge Movealong Monahan], Ryan MacDonald [Mayor Van Wyck], Frank Girardeau [Chief of Police Devery], Shay Duffin [Captain McSwain], Terry Kohl [Bailiff], Tom Finnegan [Bunsen], I. M. Hobson [Gammon], Frank Novak [Policeman], Newsies Dancers: Ogie Banks, III, David Evans, Travis Payne, Daxon Calloway, Craig Raclawski, Jim Raposa, Scott Caudill, Michael Rohrbacher, Damon Butler, D. J. Dellos, Gregg Russell, Christopher Bonomo, Chris Dupre, Joshua Wiener, Bret Dieball, Dak Eubanks, Jesus Fuentes, Rob Grayson, Brian Friedman, Tony Gonzales, Michael Irvin, Todd Jenkins, Robert Jaquez, Eric Pesqueira, Terry Lindholm, Larry Jones, Scott Thysell, Alan Luzietti, Kevin Kruger, Jeff Thysell, Kevin McCasland, David Larson, Wes Veldink, Dean McFliker, Patrick Lars Olsen, Michael Warwick, James Earl Miller, Jason Yribar [Dancers]

Musical Program: [0:03] Carrying the Banner (sung and danced by the Newsies Ensemble; segment sung by JoAnn Harris, Sylvia Short, Melody Santangelo and Lois Young); [0:21] My Lovey-Dovey Baby (excerpt sung by Ann-Margret); [0:27] Santa Fe (sung and danced by Christian Bale); [0:36] The World Will Know (sung by Christian Bale and the Newsies Ensemble); [0:46] Seize the Day (sung and danced by David Moscow and the Newsies Ensemble); [0:55] Seize the Day (sung and danced by the Newsies Ensemble); [1:00] King of New York (sung by Max Casella and the Newsies Ensemble); [1:13] High Times, Hard Times (sung by Ann-Margret and the Newsies Ensemble); [1:29] Santa Fe (reprised by Christian Bale); [1:41] Seize the Day (sung by Chorale and the Newsies Ensemble); [1:42] Once and for All (sung by Bill Pullman and the Newsies Ensemble); [1:56] Carrying the Banner (Finale, sung and danced by the Newsies Ensemble); [1:57] King of New York (sung by Max Casella and the Newsies Ensemble)