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Matthew Duckett, who played Crutchie in the 2022 West End production of the musical, said he thought that Crutchie's real name is Sean Hanlon and his leg was crushed by a trolley.) In Newsies Jr., it is confirmed through dialogue that Crutchie's real name is Casey and he had polio.
Andrew Keenan-Bolger is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for originating the roles of Crutchie in Newsies and Jesse Tuck in Tuck Everlasting on Broadway. His other Broadway credits include Robertson Ay in Mary Poppins, Jojo in Seussical, and Chip in Beauty and the Beast.
Andrew Keenan-Bolger is an actor, director, author and filmmaker. He recently starred as "Jesse Tuck" in Tuck Everlasting on Broadway (Drama League Award nominee). He created the role of "Crutchie" in the Original Broadway Cast of Newsies (Outer Critics Circle nominee).
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Meet Andrew Keenan-Bolger, playing Crutchie in NEWSIES. Now is the time to seize the day with NEWSIES, Disney's smash-hit New York musical. Winner of the 2012 Tony Awards for Best Score and...
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Pulitzer's enforcers, brothers Oscar and Morris Delancey, capture disabled newsie "Crutchie", who is placed in an orphanage and juvenile detention center called the Refuge, where the sketchy Warden Snyder neglects the orphans to embezzle money the city provides him for their care.
The cast also included Kara Lindsay as Katherine Plumber, Capathia Jenkins as Medda Larkin, Ben Fankhauser as Davey, Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Crutchie, and Lewis Grosso and Matthew Schechter sharing the role of Les. Also featured in the cast were Mike Faist as Morris Delancey and Jordan’s understudy and Kevin Carolan as Roosevelt. [5] .
Mar 14, 2012 · After talking to Andrew Keenan-Bolger, who play’s ‘Crutchie’ in Disney’s new Broadway musical, Newsies, I feel like a slacker. Andrew created the role of ‘Crutchie’ from it’s first read-through to it’s run at the Paper Mill Playhouse and now in it’s limited engagement at the Nederlander Theatre.
