There is irony in a major media conglomerate such as Walt Disney producing a musical like Newsies, which celebrates the triumph of a bunch of ragamuffin newsboys over a publishing empire. The message, of course, is that the story line doesn’t matter as long as it brings in a few bucks. Newsies, as you might recall, was a 1992 movie musical that flopped at the box office, but … [Read more...]
Once a film flop, ‘Newsies’ reborn as Broadway sensation
When the 1992 Disney movie musical Newsies tanked at the box office, few expected the title to ever resurface in any form. But this real-life David vs. Goliath tale of exploited young newsboys who fought back against the rich, ruthless New York City publishers with the 1899 newspaper strike would not be silenced. “It was becoming the number-one requested title to Disney from … [Read more...]