Breaking news, Broadway babies! The Cats revival casting has finally been announced—and it’s a fabulous who’s who list of major dance celebs. The London Cats revival (courtesy DKC/O&M) Leading the way is the amazing Ricky Ubeda as Mr. Mistoffelees. The “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 11 winner is no Great White Way newbie: He […]
Well, the moment we’ve been dreading has arrived: Yesterday, Newsies ended its Broadway run, after its 1,005th show. Of course, this isn’t the show’s true ending(!), Newsies kicks off its national tour this October. Still, the closing was an incredible event. I was fortunate enough to be in the audience at the Nederlander Theater, and […]
The Newsies boys will be seizing the day in 25 cities across the U.S. (photo Matthew Murphy) Today brings both good and bad news. Go grab a tissue, because the bad news is first. Got one? OK. This just in: Newsies is closing. In two months. After a final show on August 24, the Disney […]
Few things excite us more in the Dance Spirit office than Newsies on Broadway. Seriously, we’re obsessed. Which was why our day in Brooklyn shooting four of the Newsies dancers for DS‘s July/August cover story was one of the best days ever! Sure, it was freezing, but the boys found some pretty creative ways to […]
Photo by Deen van Meer Extra! Extra! Read all about it: Newsies is the hottest new musical on Broadway! That’s right: The cult ’90s Disney film, a fictionalized retelling of the 1899 newsboy strike, has landed on the Great White Way. And the pedigreed dancers playing its scruffy, paper-peddling, lovable newsboys are the new kings […]