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   Was 'Newsies' based on a true story?

   • I still remember the moment I realized I wasn’t the only person in the world who loved “Newsies,” the movie-musical based on the story of the real-life New York Newsboys Strike of 1899.

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   Who are the Newsies on 'the world' based on?

   • Finally, three of the newsies in the show's ensemble are named for real-life boys from the 1899 strike: Spot Conlon, Racetrack Higgins, and Mush Meyers. Joseph Pulitzer and the World were as powerful as Newsies makes them seem.

   Learn about the real newsboys' strike that inspired the 'Newsies

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   Who are the names of the Newsies on 'Newsies'?

   • (Separately, Katherine in Newsies covers the strike for the New York Sun, a paper that extensively reported on the actual newsboy strike.) Finally, three of the newsies in the show's ensemble are named for real-life boys from the 1899 strike: Spot Conlon, Racetrack Higgins, and Mush Meyers.

   Learn about the real newsboys' strike that inspired the 'Newsies

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   Which Newsies characters are related to real-life people?

   • Other Newsies characters are related to real-life people in name only. The union president who led the strike with Kid Blink was named David Simmons, and Jack's right-hand man in the Newsies musical is named Davey. The reporter Katherine Plumber is named after Joseph Pulitzer's daughter, who in real life died in childhood.

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   Are the newsies all boys?

   • There is room for that. The Newsies, historically as well as in our show, may have been presented initially as all boys, but that’s not true. There is room for everyone in this show. continues to inspire all of us—but especially young people—to find their voices, to raise their voices, and to do it through kinship and solidarity.

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   When did Newsies become obsolete?

   • As time went on, and child labor laws were put into place, newsies became all but obsolete. But they certainly captured the American imagination. In 1992, the Disney musical Newsies told the colorful story of the 1899 strike almost a century after it took place.

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2. allthatsinteresting.com › real-newsies-historyThe Real History Of Newsies, Young Boys Who Once Peddled ...

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   Apr 10, 2023 · In 1992, the Disney musical Newsies told the colorful story of the 1899 strike almost a century after it took place. Above, look through 44 newsies photos that capture what life was like for newsboys — and girls — in American cities across the nation.

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   Oct 27, 2022 · The award-winning musical Newsies is based on that real-life story. Teenager Jack Kelly leads of a band of young newspaper sellers who refuse to work for Joseph Pulitzer, the owner of one of America's most-read newspapers, until he pays them fairly.

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   Newsies is a 1992 American historical musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by choreographer Kenny Ortega (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay written by the writing team of Bob Tzudiker and Noni White, it is loosely based on the New York City newsboys' strike of 1899.

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   1. Jack Kelly was not the leader of the strike – and falsely, as other websites and books report, Kid Blink wasn’t either. There was a “Jack” Sullivan in one newspaper as someone who spoke before the crowd and ignited the newsies to strike. But reporting of him stops there.

7. www.newyorker.com › culture › culture-deskI Love “Newsies,” and I Take It Very Seriously | The New Yorker

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   I still remember the moment I realized I wasn’t the only person in the world who loved “Newsies,” the movie-musical based on the story of the real-life New York Newsboys Strike of...

8. www.kvta.org › single-post › 2018/10/05Newsies: Based on a True Story... Part II - KVTA

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   Oct 5, 2018 · While Kid Blink first inspired the newsies to strike, it was Cohen held them together. Together, they were the inspiration for the character Jack Kelly. Likewise, the real-life David Simons served as the basis of the character Davey. Simons started selling papers at age 8, and at 21, he was a natural voice for the newsies.

9. www.theatrely.com › post › newsies-an-oral-historyNewsies—An Oral History: How It All Happened - THEATRELY

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   Theatrely presents an oral history of Newsies, from its scrappy beginnings, to a bonafide Broadway hit, and its legacy beyond. Read interviews with Jeremy Jordan, Harvey Fierstein, Kara Lindsay, Alan Menken, Tom Schumacher, and over 50 others involved in the musical.