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In this episode, we talk about one of Disney's biggest hits that almost didn't happen—talking about the underdog rise, online impact and its "west end" run that's really in a warehouse in Wembley.

Links: 

The movie 

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3261367809/weekend/

https://www.insider.com/newsies-disney-sent-mean-reviews-actress-movie-bombed-2022-4

The origins of the musical 

https://www.insider.com/how-newsies-became-disneys-biggest-failure-oral-history-of-movie-2022-3 

https://www.playbill.com/article/read-all-about-it-disneys-newsies-gets-spring-2012-broadway-engagement-com-184604

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-NEWSIES-Opening-Night-Curtain-Call-20110926https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-NEWSIES-Opening-Night-Curtain-Call-20110926 

https://www.instagram.com/p/r-cRS1FhAa/ 

https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/jeremy-jordan-on-verge-of-joining-broadway-move-of-disneys-newsies/ 

https://variety.com/2012/legit/reviews/newsies-the-musical-2-1117947318/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/newsies-review-theater-305971/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/30/theater/reviews/newsies-the-musical-by-alan-menken-and-harvey-fierstein.html 

https://playbill.com/production/newsies-nederlander-theatre-vault-0000013858 

success

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/jun/11/tony-awards-2012-once-scoops

https://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardspersoninfo.php?nomname=Alan%20Menken 

https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2012/03/19/Newsies-extends-Broadway-run/UPI-15571332172800/ 

https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/dont-stop-the-press-newsies-run-is-now-open-ended/ 

https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/newsies-recoups-initial-investment/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 

https://playbill.com/article/disney-musical-newsies-to-end-broadway-run-com-322799 

Newsies on Tour 

https://variety.com/2014/legit/news/newsies-new-song-tour-broadway-musica-1201343394/ 

https://www.tumblr.com/newsiesontour/122012914133/oh-my-god-this-is-like-my-dreams-coming-true?source=share 

https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/disney-newsies-facebook-live-1201798008/ 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Seize-the-Day-NEWSIES-National-Tour-Will-Play-Final-Performance-This-Fall-20160307 

Online culture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJHBclGK88

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49c9qOHzxXI 

The pro shot

https://www.playbill.com/article/newsies-will-be-filmed-with-jeremy-jordan-and-kara-lindsay 

https://www.playbill.com/article/disney-sets-date-and-cast-for-newsies-filming 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-NEWSIES-Will-Seize-Another-Day-Or-Two-in-Movie-Theatres-This-August-20170615 

Abby Lee Millers Thoughts on Newsies

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/164646/dance-moms-diva-abby-lee-miller-on-her-wonderful-newsies-experience-and-what-it-takes-to-dance-on-broadway/ 

https://www.broadwaybox.com/daily-scoop/newsiesweek-meet-the-crushable-john-michael-fiumara/ 

Historical accuracy 

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/theater/disneys-newsies-the-musical-comes-to-broadway.html 

https://househistree.com/people/katherine-ethel-pulitzer

Zone Foursies

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/NEWSIES-Will-Open-in-Londons-West-End-in-2022-20220221 

https://playbill.com/article/a-re-imagined-take-on-disneys-newsies-will-make-u-k-premiere-this-fall 

https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/newsies-review 

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/dec/08/newsies-review-disney-musical-industrial-relations-troubadour-wembley-park-theatre 

https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/newsies-review-bombastic-and-balletic-this-broadway-hit-is-a-musical-must-see_57979/

https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/newsies-extends-london-run_58292/ 

https://newsiesthemusical.co.uk/ 

The real strikes and newsies

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/bob-iger-writers-actors-strike-disney-ceo-1235669169/

https://twitter.com/julianOfGuzman/status/1679978899227447297