Disney's NEWSIES Perform at 137th Easter Egg Roll at the White House

Newsies White House Easter Egg Roll (Photo: Disney Theatrical Productions)

From our friends at the National Theatre...

Tony Award-Winning Smash Musical to Play Two-Week Engagement at National Theatre, June 9-21

Disney’s NEWSIES had the honor of performing at the 137th Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of The White House on Monday, April 6. Cast members performed “Carrying the Banner,” “Santa Fe,” and “Seize the Day.”

NEWSIES will play a two-week engagement at National Theatre in Washington, D.C. from June 9 through June 21, 2015. For more information, visit www.thenationaldc.com.

ABOUT NEWSIES:

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, and 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. The entire creative team has reunited to bring the break-out smash musical to audiences across North America.

Dan DeLuca (Jack Kelly) and Newsies. (Photo: Deen van Meer)

When it opened on March 29, 2012, NEWSIES was intended for a Broadway run of just 101 performances. The show’s fiercely devoted fans had other ideas, however; they propelled the show to a run of 1005 performances, attendance of more than 1 million, and a gross of over $100 million.

While on Broadway, NEWSIES set and broke seven Nederlander Theatre house records and became the highest-grossing show from the 2011-12 Broadway season. The show received 23 major theatrical nominations - including eight Tony Award nods - and won Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Score and Choreography.

Set in New York City at the turn of the century, NEWSIES is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged “newsies,” who dreams only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies newsies from across the city to strike for what’s right.

NEWSIES is inspired by the real-life “Newsboy Strike of 1899,” when newsboy Kid Blink led a band of orphan and runaway newsies on a two-week-long action against Pulitzer, Hearst, and other powerful newspaper publishers.

The stage version introduces seven brand-new songs by the original team of Menken and Feldman while keeping many of the beloved songs from the film, including “Carrying the Banner,” “Seize the Day,” “King of New York,” and “Santa Fe.”

Since the film’s 1992 theatrical release and subsequent DVD release, NEWSIES has grown into a cult phenomenon, and for years had been the single most requested title of all the Disney musical films not yet adapted for the stage. (The film featured a screenplay by Bob Tzudiker & Noni White (Tarzan, 102 Dalmatians).)

Tickets for NEWSIES are on sale now and start at $48, plus applicable service charges. Tickets are available at the National Theatre box office, online at thenationaldc.com, or by calling (800) 514-3849. A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of best available seats at $25 each - cash only - will be held at the theater two hours before each performance. Orders for groups of twenty (20) or more may be placed by calling (855) 486-2516.

For more information, call (202) 628-6161 or visit NewsiesTheMusical.com/Tour.