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   Is the Newsies musical based on a true story?

   • The Newsies musical is based on the 1992 Disney movie, which in turn is based on an actual historical event. First, a little background: Newspaper sellers had to buy papers from the publisher each day, and the newsies made their money back by upselling them. For a long time, most newspaper publishers charged the newsies 50 cents for 100 papers.

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

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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.

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   Was there a movie based on the newsies strike?

   • In 1992, Disney released a popular film based on the strike called Newsies. Featuring a young Christian Bale — and a character named for Kid Blink, eyepatch and all — it dramatized the newsies strike against Pulitzer and Hearst. The Disney film proved so popular that it was later adapted for Broadway.

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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.

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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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   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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   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.

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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.

7. allthatsinteresting.com › newsboy-strike-of-1899The True Story Of The 1899 Newsboy Strike That Saw Newsies ...

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   Oct 6, 2021 · Although they didn’t know it at the time, this would form the basis of the newsboy strike of 1899 just a year later. Newsies didn’t mind — not at first. The public had a massive appetite for war stories. And the papers — filled with grabby, exciting headlines — sold like never before.

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8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Newsboys'_strike_of_1899Newsboys' strike of 1899 - Wikipedia

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   The events of the 1899 strike later inspired the 1992 Disney film Newsies, including a character named Kid Blink (who wears an eye patch), but in this version of the story, the leader of the strike was named Jack Kelly.

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

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   Jun 5, 2012 · 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.