NEWSIES

One of my favorite movie musicals, starring Christian Bale, has made its premier as a stage musical last week at the Papermill Playhouse. We talked in class a little about how most Broadway shows nowadays are Disney, Jukebox and/or star big names. With how much money musicals cost ( 65 million, eh Spidey?), most producers can't/won't take a chance on a more unique and controversial musical. Some do make it big, like Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon, but Newsies is not that kind of show. Its written by Alan Menken, you probably know most of his songs by heart, Jack Feldman and Harvey Fierstein. I hope it does well, because if I were closer to New Jersey I would go see it!