Lexus Broadway in Austin presented by Texas Performing Arts is hosting the national tour of Newsies at Bass Concert Hall on September 27 – October 2, 2016.
#2 Original company, North American Tour of Disney’s NEWSIES. ©Disney. Photo by Deen van Meer.
We are big fans of Disney Broadway Musicals yet we have never had the opportunity to see Newsies, so I was very happy to see that it was the season opener for the 2016/2017 Broadway in Austin season.
Newsies is coming to the Bass Concert Hall for seven performances, September 27 – October 2, 2016.
From the Press Release……
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.
Joey Barreiro (Jack Kelly) (center) and the North American Tour company of Disney’s NEWSIES. Stephen Langton is standing to the right of Jack Kelly. ©Disney. Photo by Deen van Meer.
Lexus Broadway in Austin at Texas Performing Arts presents
“Newsies”
September 27 – October 2, 2016
Tuesday – Friday at 8 p.m.
Saturday at 2p.m & 8 p.m.
Sunday at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Bass Concert Hall / 2350 Robert Dedman Drive / Austin, TX
TICKETS: Start at $30. Tickets are available at BroadwayinAustin.com, the Bass Concert Hall box office, all Texas Box Office Outlets, by phone at (512) 477-6060. For groups of 10 or more, call (877) 275-3804
