Disney's Newsies
Storybook Theatre
2023
Winner of the 2023 Calgary Broadway World Award for Best Music Direction
Stage Director | ALIZA SARIAN
Music Director | ALECIA PAGNOTTA
Choreographer | KAYLA MACKENZIE
Producer/Artistic Director | JP THIBODEAU
Stage Manager | MICHEL LUONG
Fight Director | RICO PFEIFTER
Intimacy Director | ANASTASIA ST.AMAND
Costume Designer MELISSA MITCHELL
Costume Assistant | KIERA GEMSA
Hair Designer | CAT BENTLEY
MakeUp Designer | ELISE ADKINS
Lighting Designer | KRIS MISH
Sound Designer & Programming | ROSS WILSON
Set Designer | JONATHAN BEAUDOIN
It's time to carry the banner with Disney's Newsies! Set in turn-of-the century New York City. Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged newsies. When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for what's right! Based on the 1992 motion picture and inspired by a true story.
Newsies features a Tony Award-winning score by Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors. Sister Act) and Jack Feldman and a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein (kinky Boots). Featuring the now classic songs *Carrying the Banner. "Seize the Day, and "Santa Fe, Newsies is packed with non stop thrills and a timeless message, perfect for every audience.
