newsies

June 2019 - Tom Hendry Warehouse Theatre

Director Kathleen Henry

Musical Director Maggie Dalke

Brooklyn Newsies Musical Direction Arielle Block

Choreographer Kathleen Henry

King of New York Tap Choreographer Mara Turenne

New York City, 1899. Jack Kelly and his ragtag team of newsboys make a meager living selling newspapers on the city streets. But when the prices of “papes” are hiked and the newsies are hung out to dry, there is nothing left to do but “open the gates and seize the day!” Led by charismatic Jack and independent, young newspaper reporter Katherine Plummer, the Newsies form a union and organize a strike against the greedy publisher of the New York World. Can a group of idealistic newsboys win against a foe as powerful as acclaimed publisher Joseph Pulitzer? Inspired by the true story of the 1899 Newsboys Strike