Disney’s NEWSIES
Playbill is proud to announce Disney’s NEWSIES: The Broadway Musical as the next production in their Playbill Playback series. Disney’s NEWSIES: The Broadway Musical will stream in its entirety, for free on Playbill.com on Friday August 21, 2020 at 7PM ET and will benefit The Actors Fund. The one-night-only streaming of the Tony® Award-winning musical was made in arrangement with Disney Theatrical Productions and Disney+, and can be viewed on Playbill.com.
The streaming event will feature video appearances by cast members and will conclude with a brand-new video, featuring cast members from the Broadway and North American Tour productions of NEWSIES.
Captured live at The Hollywood Pantages Theatre in 2016, NEWSIES stars Jeremy Jordan, reprising his Tony Award-nominated performance as “Jack Kelly,” Kara Lindsay as “Katherine,” Ben Fankhauser as “Davey” and Andrew Keenan-Bolger as “Crutchie,” with NEWSIES North American Tour stars Steve Blanchard as “Joseph Pulitzer,” Aisha de Haas as “Medda Larkin” and Ethan Steiner as “Les.”
NEWSIES, the new American musical, features a Tony Award-winning score with music by eight-time Academy Award®-winner Alan Menken and lyrics by Jack Feldman, a book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein and is produced by Disney Theatrical Productions. NEWSIES is directed by Tony nominee Jeff Calhoun and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, who won a 2012 Tony Award for his work on the show. The entire creative team reunited to bring the break-out smash musical to audiences across North America.
Disney Theatrical Productions is proud to partner with Playbill for the NEWSIES watch party, which is part of Disney Magic Moments. #DisneyMagicMoments lets you experience the magic of Disney wherever you may be. Enjoy Disney, Star Wars, Marvel and National Geographic with stories, video, activities and interactive fun designed to inspire imagination and discovery among kids, fans and families alike. It’s all waiting for you at DisneyMagicMoments.com.