Newsies

About Newsies

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.

Newsies (2017) is a comedy history film directed by Brett Sullivan. Its themes are orphan, teenage boy, 1900s, and filmed theater.

Jeremy Jordan takes the lead as Jack Kelly, Kara Lindsay as Katherine, Ben Fankhauser as Davey, and Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Crutchie. Released in February 2017, it runs 134 minutes.

Produced by Disney Theatrical Group. It is adapted from real events. American members can watch it on BroadwayHD, Broadway HD Amazon Channel, and Disney Plus.

Hamilton, Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical, and Funny Girl make useful companions to Newsies, all filed under 19th century and based on play or musical. TMDB voters put it at 8.0 out of 10 across 101 votes and it carries a PG rating.