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EMT15JA_NewsiesEdit.indd 4 2015-06-19 12:52 PM BY MICHAEL LASSELL

IF SOMEONE GAVE YOU THE CHANCE to produce a Broadway version of any ﬁlm in the Disney canon, chances are slim that you’d settle on Newsies, the 1992 live-action musical that is one of the rare ﬁnancial failures in Disney’s history. And, in fact, it’s a decision that no one ever made. The Tony-winning Broadway rendition of Newsies, which brought audiences to their feet more than once in any given performance, almost wished itself into existence despite

odds about equal to those faced by the ragtag band of New York City paperboys who challenged publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst at the dawn of the 20th century. “In July of 1899, when Pulitzer and his cronies decided to up the price they charged the Newsies for their ‘papes,’ a boy named Kid Blink threw down his stack of The World and called for a strike,” says Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney Theatrical Productions and the man behind all of Disney’s Broadway hits. “This was a time of widespread child labour, and the rights of those boys and girls were seriously abused. Kid Blink, who is the basis of Newsies’ Jack Kelly, didn’t want much. He just wanted a square deal and a fair shake.” And miraculously, after just two weeks, the paperboys won. Pulitzer capitulated. A compromise was reached, and a step was taken on the road to protecting children in the workforce. That story was all but forgotten until almost 100 years later when a writer named David Nasaw

PHOTO: DEEN VAN MEER PHOTO: DEEN VAN published Children of the City: At Work and at Play in 1985.

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EMT15JA_NewsiesEdit.indd 5 2015-06-19 12:52 PM The husband and wife duo of Bob Tzudiker a small measure of praise for the energetic and Noni White, who would go on to write choreography by the film’s director Kenny The Hunchback Of Notre Dame and Tarzan, Ortega and for its anthemic songs by among other films, concocted their original composer Menken and lyricist Jack Feldman. screenplay, inspired by the real-life strike, Released at a low point of moviegoer interest as a David-and-Goliath tale of plucky street in musicals, the all-singing, all-dancing story kids taking on the giants of newsprint. of a strike by the most vulnerable members Meanwhile, Disney was reinventing of the late 19th-century workforce faded into animation under the leadership of Michael history. Or did it? Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg. And that Newsies, it turns out, has a massive fan renaissance involved fusing animation base among 20- and 30-somethings who with the showbiz pizzazz (and structure) of know the movie and who grew up with Broadway musicals — thanks in large part to Disney’s animated musicals. “We suddenly the creative genius of Howard Ashman and had a whole new generation who seemed Alan Menken, who set the bar high in 1989 not to find it remotely unusual that someone with The Little Mermaid. They soon followed should just break into song,” Schumacher it with Beauty And The Beast, and the studio explains. “So without really intending it, was already in production with Aladdin. Disney’s animated films were creating Katzenberg decided to recast the Newsies theatregoers of the future.” script as a musical, much to the shock and They were also creating the talent pool awe of its writers. for their own future. One impressionable The film, starring a teenaged Christian high school student who was captivated by Bale, was made at a cost of $15 million and Newsies was none other than Christopher earned less than $3 million in its initial Gattelli, who created the athletic and release. Critics savaged the film, reserving inventive choreography for the stage

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EMT15JA_NewsiesEdit.indd 6 2015-06-19 12:52 PM EMT15JA_StClementsSchool_ad.indd 1 2015-06-19 12:10 PM STEPHANIE STYLES (KATHERINE) AND DAN DELUCA (JACK KELLY). ORIGINAL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR COMPANY OF NEWSIES. ©DISNEY. PHOTO: DEEN VAN MEER. VAN DEEN PHOTO: translation of the film. “I remember sitting whack at it,’ I said.” Fierstein watched the in the movie theatre and being blown away movie again and liked what he saw. “I could seeing that many guys my age dancing like already imagine all that energy exploding that,” he remembers. “I was so inspired. It live from a Broadway stage,” he recalls. was life-changing.” “Now, if I could just change the love story, Schumacher had no intention of deepen Jack Kelly’s motivations, reinvent a mounting a Broadway production. What few of the characters, and ditch some of the he did decide, back in 2006, was to develop unnecessary baggage….” a script for licensing, much as he did with “So Harvey takes a look,” remembers the Disney Channel’s High School Musical. Schumacher. “He not only came up with a But solving the problems of the 1992 movie new love story, he fixed a lot of problems and was proving a challenge the creative team structured it like a musical, which was very couldn’t conquer. It looked like a stage important.” Disney staged two workshops manifestation of Newsies was dead in the of the new Newsies and made the decision development water, until multi-talented, to co-produce a short run at the venerated larger-than-life Harvey Fierstein came along. Paper Mill Playhouse in Milburn, New Jersey Fierstein, a Broadway veteran who has (about 25 miles from Times Square). written and acted in both musicals and “There was never any plan to bring it plays, was visiting his friend Menken one to Broadway,” Schumacher says, “but we day. The two were trying to come up with had a great new book and an expanded a project to do together. Fierstein noticed score and Jeff Calhoun as a director and the poster for the Newsies movie on the wall Christopher Gattelli as our choreographer, of Menken’s studio. “What are you doing and we got a pretty good notice in The New with that?” he asked Menken. Fierstein York Times.” Suddenly a Broadway production knew the film from his days babysitting for was a real possibility — and it would his nephews. give the “Broadway musical” imprimatur As Fierstein recounts it, “Alan said, ‘Forget to the licensing product when the show it. We slaved over the adaptation. It’s never became available. going to work.’ I was hooked. There’s nothing The prospect clearly pleased Schumacher, I like more than a challenge. ‘Let me take a who has a great fondness for the show.

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EMT15JA_NewsiesEdit.indd 8 2015-06-19 12:52 PM GLASS SLIPPERS ARE SO BACK.

THE TONY AWARD®-WINNING MUSICAL FROM THE CREATORS OF SOUTH PACIFIC & THE SOUND OF MUSIC

ED MIRVISH THEATRE DEC 1, 2015–JAN 10, 2016 416-872-1212 MIRVISH.COM DAN DELUCA Broadway night after night. The stunningly (JACK KELLY) (CENTRE) AND THE athletic choreography by Christopher ORIGINAL NORTH Gattelli combines classical ballet, the entire AMERICAN TOUR COMPANY OF Broadway dance vocabulary, and what can NEWSIES. only be called gymnastics. Newsies was ©DISNEY. nominated for eight Tony Awards, including best musical. Gattelli took one home for his choreography. The Tony for best score went to Alan Menken and Jack Feldman, granting Menken his first win after four nominations. “I was happy and numb at the same time,” the much-lauded composer remembers, “and now my little silver Tony Award sits in the middle of all the Oscars and Grammys — front and centre, where it belongs.” “The definitive word that comes to mind when I reflect on the Newsies experience is ‘heart,’” says its director Jeff Calhoun. “Like the newsboys’ triumph over Pulitzer, our creative team’s triumph over the enormous odds of commercial success is a story of beating the odds and touching the heart.” “The story of Newsies,” says Fierstein,

PHOTO: DEEN VAN MEER. VAN DEEN PHOTO: “has a classic Disney happy ending. The only “You know, Newsies is a musical, with all the thing more joyous to me than the experience conventions of Broadway behind it. But it is of working on the show is standing in the based on very real and very brutal history, back of the theatre and watching audiences the history of immigrant children working become infected with the exuberance that in factories and sweatshops for pennies, is Newsies. So the moral of my tale? You of exploitation beyond anything we can can’t celebrate the victory if you don’t take imagine today. And Newsies is steeped in the challenge.” that reality, the reality of people who were “I think the success of Newsies is also the inventing organized labour, inventing the times we live in,” says Schumacher. “When rights of workers. Of course, Newsies is not this show opened on Broadway, I realized a documentary,” Schumacher continues. “In how much more appropriate it was for our our show the Newsies express their anger times than for 1992. These desperately poor through dance. And that works ﬁne, because working kids were just asking for a square the ﬂavour of that oppressive time is there deal and a fair shake. And, today, people behind the scenes, and audiences get that as all over the world are coming together in much as they love the dancing.” their towns and cities and demanding a Indeed, the audience seems absolutely fair shake. It’s an interesting alchemy, the engaged by this classic story of an underdog success of this show, but I think it has a succeeding against the establishment, lot to do with basic notions of fairness. engaged enough to cheer numbers like That’s what makes people feel so good Seize the Day, which stopped the show on about Newsies.”

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Music by Lyrics by Book by ALAN MENKEN JACK FELDMAN HARVEY FIERSTEIN Based on the Disney film written by BOB TZUDIKER and NONI WHITE

Starring DAN DELUCA STEVE BLANCHARD STEPHANIE STYLES ANGELA GROVEY JACOB KEMP ZACHARY SAYLE VINCENT CROCILLA JONATHAN FENTON

MARK ALDRICH JOSH ASSOR EVAN AUTIO BILL BATEMAN JOSHUA BURRAGE KEVIN CAROLAN DEMARIUS R. COPES BENJAMIN COOK JULIAN DEGUZMAN NICO DEJESUS JP FERRERI SKY FLAHERTY MICHAEL GORMAN JEFF HEIMBROCK STEPHEN HERNANDEZ MEREDITH INGLESBY JAMES JUDY MORGAN KEENE ERIC JON MAHLUM ALEX PRAKKEN MICHAEL RYAN JORDAN SAMUELS JACK SIPPEL MELISSA STEADMAN HART ANDREW WILSON CHAZ WOLCOTT

Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design TOBIN OST JESS GOLDSTEIN JEFF CROITER KEN TRAVIS

Original Broadway Projection Design Projection Adaptation Hair & Wig Design Fight Direction Casting SVEN ORTEL DANIEL BRODIE CHARLES G. LAPOINTE J. ALLEN SUDDETH TELSEY + COMPANY JUSTIN HUFF, CSA

Associate Producer Technical Supervisor General Manager Production Stage Manager ANNE QUART GEOFFREY QUART CHRISTOPHER A. RECKER JEFF NORMAN

Dance Music Arrangements Music Coordinator Music Director Associate Director Associate Choreographer MARK HUMMEL JOHN MILLER JAMES DODGSON RICHARD J. HINDS LOU CASTRO

Orchestrations by DANNY TROOB

Music Supervised and Arranged by MICHAEL KOSARIN

Choreographed by CHRISTOPHER GATTELLI

Directed by JEFF CALHOUN

World Premiere, Paper Mill Playhouse, in Millburn, New Jersey on September 25, 2011. Mark S. Hoebee, Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt, Managing Director ©Disney

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(in order of appearance)

Jack Kelly...... DAN DeLUCA Crutchie...... ZACHARY SAYLE Race ...... BENJAMIN COOK Albert...... SKY FLAHERTY Specs ...... JORDAN SAMUELS Henry...... DEMARIUS R. COPES Finch ...... JULIAN DeGUZMAN Elmer ...... JEFF HEIMBROCK Romeo ...... NICO DeJESUS Mush ...... JACK SIPPEL Katherine ...... STEPHANIE STYLES Darcy ...... JOSHUA BURRAGE Nuns ...... ANGELA GROVEY, MEREDITH INGLESBY, MORGAN KEENE Morris Delancey ...... MICHAEL RYAN Oscar Delancey...... ALEX PRAKKEN Wiesel ...... MICHAEL GORMAN Davey ...... JACOB KEMP Les ...... (Wed. Mat., Thurs., Sat. Eve., Sun.) VINCENT CROCILLA (Tues., Wed. Eve., Fri., Sat. Mat.) JONATHAN FENTON Joseph Pulitzer ...... STEVE BLANCHARD Seitz ...... MARK ALDRICH Bunsen...... BILL BATEMAN Hannah ...... MEREDITH INGLESBY Snyder ...... JAMES JUDY Medda Larkin ...... ANGELA GROVEY Stage Manager ...... BILL BATEMAN Mr. Jacobi...... MICHAEL GORMAN Scab ...... EVAN AUTIO, SKY FLAHERTY, CHAZ WOLCOTT Mayor...... MICHAEL GORMAN Spot Conlon ...... JEFF HEIMBROCK Bill ...... JACK SIPPEL Governor Roosevelt ...... KEVIN CAROLAN Citizens of New York . . . . JOSH ASSOR, EVAN AUTIO, BILL BATEMAN, JOSHUA BURRAGE, KEVIN CAROLAN, BENJAMIN COOK, DEMARIUS R. COPES, JULIAN DeGUZMAN, NICO DeJESUS, SKY FLAHERTY, MICHAEL GORMAN, JEFF HEIMBROCK, MEREDITH INGLSEBY, JAMES JUDY, MORGAN KEENE, ALEX PRAKKEN, MICHAEL RYAN, JORDAN SAMUELS, JACK SIPPEL, CHAZ WOLCOTT

SWINGS JOSH ASSOR, JP FERRERI, STEPHEN HERNANDEZ, ERIC JON MAHLUM, MELISSA STEADMAN HART, ANDREW WILSON

UNDERSTUDIES Jack Kelly — ALEX PRAKKEN, MICHAEL RYAN; Katherine — MELISSA STEADMAN HART, MORGAN KEENE; Davey — JEFF HEIMBROCK, JACK SIPPEL; Crutchie — BENJAMIN COOK, JACK SIPPEL; Medda — MEREDITH INGLESBY, MELISSA STEADMAN HART; Pulitzer — KEVIN CAROLAN, JAMES JUDY; Roosevelt/Nunzio — MARK ALDRICH, ERIC JON MAHLUM; Bunsen/Stage Manager — ERIC JON MAHLUM, ANDREW WILSON; Snyder — BILL BATEMAN, ERIC JOHN MAHLUM; Wiesel/Jacobi/Mayor — BILL BATEMAN, ERIC JON MAHLUM; Stage Manager — ERIC JON MAHLUM, ANDREW WILSON

DANCE CAPTAIN — ANDREW WILSON ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN — JOSH ASSOR FIGHT CAPTAIN — KEVIN CAROLAN

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ACT I Prologue: Rooftop, Dawn Santa Fe (Prologue) ...... Jack, Crutchie Scene 1: Newsie Square Carrying the Banner ...... Jack, Newsies Scene 2: Pulitzer’s Office, Afternoon The Bottom Line ...... Pulitzer, Seitz, Bunsen, Hannah Scene 3: A Street Corner Scene 4: Medda’s Theater That’s Rich ...... Medda I Never Planned on You/Don’t Come a-Knocking...... Jack, Bowery Beauties Scene 5: Newsie Square, Next Morning The World Will Know ...... Jack, Davey, Les, Newsies Scene 6: Jacobi’s Deli and Street, Afternoon The World Will Know (Reprise) ...... Newsies Scene 7: Katherine’s Office Watch What Happens ...... Katherine Scene 8: Newsie Square, Next Morning Seize the Day ...... Davey, Jack, Newsies Scene 9: Rooftop Santa Fe ...... Jack

ACT II Entr’acte Scene 1: Jacobi’s Deli, Next Morning King of New York ...... Davey, Katherine, Les, Newsies Scene 2: The Refuge Letter from the Refuge...... Crutchie Scene 3: Medda’s Theater Watch What Happens (Reprise)...... Davey, Jack, Katherine, Les Scene 4: Pulitzer’s Office and Cellar, Afternoon The Bottom Line (Reprise) ...... Pulitzer, Seitz, Mayor Scene 5: Brooklyn Bridge and Medda’s Theater Brooklyn’s Here ...... Spot Conlon, Newsies Scene 6: Rooftop Something to Believe In...... Katherine, Jack Scene 7: Pulitzer’s Cellar Seize the Day (Reprise) ...... Newsies Once and for All ...... Jack, Davey, Katherine, Newsies Scene 8: Pulitzer’s Office, Next Morning Seize the Day (Reprise) ...... Newsies Scene 9: Newsie Square Finale ...... Jack, Newsies

Place: Lower Manhatan; Time: Summer, 1899

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

Conductor — JAMES DODGSON Associate Conductor — FAITH SEETOO Assistant Conductor — CHIP PRINCE Trumpet/Flugel — PAUL BARON; Bass — JOE WALLACE; Drums — HEINRICH KRUSE; Keyboards — FAITH SEETOO, CHIP PRINCE Electronic Music Programmer — JEFF MARDER Music Coordinator — JOHN MILLER

Newsies was inspired by the book Children of the City by DAVID NASAW

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DAN DELUCA Submarine Kid. Thank you to Disney, Tom Jack Kelly Schumacher, Justin Huff, Jeff Calhoun, Liz Dan is honoured to be leading this Newsboys Caplan, Rachel, Kristin, Logan and Paradigm. strike across America. Regional: Danny in Graduate of the University of Michigan and Stephen Schwartz’s Snapshots (Goodspeed), charter member of D23. Love to my family! Lucas in The Addams Family (Muny), Gabe in Next to Normal (Weston Playhouse). NY: Cain/ ANGELA GROVEY Japheth in Children of Eden (CAP21), Various Medda Larkin concerts/new works; 54 Below, Joe’s Pub & Thrilled to be a part of this beautiful Radio City. Major Thanks/Love to Disney, production. Broadway: Radio City Christmas Nicolosi, Telsey, Jeff Calhoun, Nikole, Liz Spectacular (Tracy), Leap of Faith (Angel). Caplan Studios and the entire creative team. Film/TV: Joyful Noise (Earla), 30 Rock For Mom and Dad. @DDeLuca15 (Kolandra and Portia), The Unusuals, Dates and Mates. Some theatre: Ahmanson, STEVE BLANCHARD Chicago Shakespeare, Vineyard, Paper Mill, Joseph Pulitzer Goodspeed, Marriott Lincolnshire, Portland Broadway: Beauty and the Beast (Beast), Center Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Camelot (Lancelot), A Christmas Carol Geva, Appletree, Drury Lane Oakbrook. (Fred), The Three Musketeers (Aramis u/s). Thanks/love to... Mom, Stewart Talent and National Tours: Little House on the Prairie mostly GOD for letting me spread my wings. (Pa), Camelot (Lancelot), Phantom of the Opera www.angelagrovey.com (The Phantom), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Miles Gloriosus), JACOB KEMP Hans Christian Anderson (Hans Christian Davey Anderson). Off-Broadway: Orphan Train (Rev. Jacob is honoured to carry the b anner with Brace), Johnny Guitar (Johnny), Frankenstein Newsies. TV: Kris on ABC’s Black-ish. Theatre: (The Creature), Treasure Island (Captain Parfumerie (Arpad, Wallis Annenberg Center/ Smollett). Television: Law and Order, Third dir. Mark Brokaw); The Diary of Anne Frank Watch, Cupid, Ed, Sunset Beat, Police Story (Peter, IRT/Pioneer); Lord of the Flies (Ralph, Goody, Goody. Film: Those Who Wander, By The Wheelock Family Theatre); Kimberly Akimbo Dashboard Light, When the Moon Was Twice (Jeff, Boston Theatre Works; IRNE nominee, As Big, Dark Vengeance, Savva, Rap Master Best Supporting Actor). Proud alum: Yale, Ronnie. Mr. Blanchard can be heard on the Stagedoor Manor, UCB. Thanks to the original recordings of Johnny Guitar, Sundown, Disney team, ABC, Justin Huff/Telsey and Frankenstein and Northbound Train. his incredibly supportive and good-looking family. @mrjacobkemp STEPHANIE STYLES Katherine ZACHARY SAYLE NYC: The Little Prince at New York City Opera Crutchie (The Rose). Tour: The Sound of Music. Regional: Zachary created the role of Ralphie Parker Bat Boy (Shelley), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson in the world premiere of A Christmas Story, (Rachel), Our Town (Emily), Sweeney Todd The Musical. Theatre: Chitty Chitty Bang (Johanna), and Urinetown (Hope). Film: The Bang! (1st National Tour), The Sound of Music

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EMT15JA_Newsies_Program.indd 16 2015-06-19 12:43 PM (Asian Tour), Dani Girl, Life on the Mississippi. EVAN AUTIO Film/TV: In the Family, White Collar. CAP21 Scab, Ensemble Alumnus. Huge thanks: Disney, Jeff, Tour: Memphis, Radio City, Tokyo Disney. Telsey, creatives, Bercy Talent, Innovative, Regional: Cats (Mistoffelees), Guys and Amelia, Bill, David, CAP21, teachers, family, Dolls, Hot Mikado. TV: The Tonight Show. loved ones. Proud to carry the banner! Special thanks: Creatives, Telsey+Co, CESD, www.zacharysayle.com and @ZSayle Al+Denise, and Dad.

VINCENT CROCILLA JOSH ASSOR Les at certain performances Ensemble Vincent is nine years old and lives in Broadway: Disney’s Mary Poppins. Other southern New Jersey. He is thrilled to be credits include: Mary Poppins 1st National joining this amazing production and to be a Tour, Wizard of Oz National Tour, West part of the national touring cast of Newsies. Side Story, Cyrano De Bergerac (Stratford He has been performing in the theatre Shakespeare Festival), Peter Pan, Beauty since the age of ﬁve and his regional credits and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Aida. include: Les Misérables (Gavroche), South www.joshassor.com Paciﬁc (Jerome), Inherit the Wind (Timmy) and The Music Man (Winthrop). Vincent would like BILL BATEMAN to thank his parents and brother, Gianluca, Bunsen, Stage Manager, Ensemble Carson Adler Agency, Mona Greenberg, Broadway/Off-Broadway: Gypsy: Patti LuPone; Director Jeff Calhoun and the entire creative Hello, Dolly! (twice); Peter Pan (twice); Bring team for this opportunity. Back Birdie; The Fantasticks. National Tours: 11. Lucky is the man who loves his work. JONATHAN FENTON Member: Actors’ Equity. Les at certain performances It is a dream come true to join the cast JOSHUA BURRAGE of Disney’s Newsies! Thanks to all of my Darcy, Ensemble teachers, Kaitlyn Frank, Jackie Ried, L’il Josh is delighted to be making his debut with Angels, Barry Kolker, Telsey and the entire the national tour of Newsies! He would like creative team for this opportunity. Much love to thank his parents, family and teachers for and gratitude to my Mom, Dad and family all the love and support! for their endless love and support. KEVIN CAROLAN MARK ALDRICH Roosevelt, Ensemble Seitz, Ensemble Broadway: Newsies (Original Cast), The Ritz, Broadway: Newsies (original cast), Ragtime. Dirty Blonde. Stage: Baloo in The Jungle Book Regional credits: Paper Mill Playhouse, The (Goodman/Huntington — winner IRNE Kennedy Center, Pioneer Theatre, many Award for Best Supporting Actor). Television: more. TV/Film: Law & Order, L&O: SVU. Boardwalk Empire, Good Wife, The Middle, Webseries: The Happy Hour Guys. Thanks to OITNB. www.kevincarolan.com. family and Jennifer.

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EMT15JA_Newsies_Program.indd 17 2015-06-19 12:43 PM BENJAMIN COOK SKY FLAHERTY Race, Ensemble Albert, Scab, Ensemble Broadway: Billy Elliot, Ragtime. National tour: Thrilled to be a Newsie!! Broadway: The Billy Elliot. Regional: The Kennedy Center, Grinch. Big Thanks to Richard Hinds, Deborah Folger Shakespeare, Ford’s Theatre. TV: 30 Zuke Smith, Bruce Winant, Kristin Reeves, Rock, Veep, House of Cards (season 3). Thanks Neil Schwartz, Tribe Body, Julianna (CTG), to my family, MSA, CESD, Linda Townsend. and my inspiring mom, family and friends.

DEMARIUS R. COPES MICHAEL GORMAN Henry, Ensemble Wiesel, Mr. Jacobi, Mayor, Ensemble Touring and Equity debut; from Birmingham, Broadway/Nat’l Tours: A Chorus Line (Revival), AL. Regional: Richie in A Chorus Line (Maltz Chicago (Revival), Harrigan ‘n Hart, Copperﬁeld, Jupiter Theatre), Marius in Les Misérables A Chorus Line (Original Production) Bobby. (RMTC). Love to God, Mom, Rae, Lynne, Troy Regional: Years and years. Member: Dance and Rider MT. Actors’ Equity.

JULIAN DEGUZMAN MELISSA STEADMAN HART Finch, Ensemble Swing Julian is carrying the banner straight from Credits include: Goodspeed Musicals, Santa Newsies on Broadway (Swing, Ass’t Dance Fe Opera, MTWichita, NCT, Geva Theatre, Captain) to his ﬁrst national tour! BFA Lyric Theatre OK. Thanks to Justin at Dance + BA Sociology, UC Irvine. Alameda, Telsey+Co. Love to Mom, Dad, family, the California native. Thanks to God, family, my Kesslers and Wes, my hart. lovely Katrina. JEFF HEIMBROCK NICO DEJESUS Elmer, Spot Conlon, Ensemble Romeo, Ensemble Jeff is overjoyed to be joining Newsies! UCLA graduate. Dancer on Disney’s Shake it Broadway/Tour: The Book of Mormon. Up. Henry on MTV’s Awkward. Thanks to God, Regional: A Chorus Line, 42nd Street. Thanks Family, Telsey and Company, MSA LA, Ms. to Mom, Tati-Em, Shiloh, Colin, Jacob and Jan Rachel, and big bro Jeremy M. (Maxwell). Twitter: @jheimbrock.

JP FERRERI STEPHEN HERNANDEZ Swing Swing Broadway: Newsies (Swing). Regional: Paper Stephen is so grateful to be touring with Mill Playhouse — Newsies (Buttons). Film: Newsies! Most recently: We Will Rock You Hairspray (Joey). The Radio City Christmas (National Tour), Open (Italian Tour), Chuthis. Spectacular. Montclair State University. Much Endless thanks to my family, friends, love to Mom, Dad, Lori Ann and Family! Telsey+CO, Disney, and bloc for your love @jpferreri and support. @stevohernandez

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EMT15JA_Newsies_Program.indd 18 2015-06-19 12:43 PM MEREDITH INGLESBY MICHAEL RYAN Hannah, Ensemble Morris Delancey, Ensemble Broadway: Beauty and the Beast (Babette), The National Tour Debut! Pace University 2013. Little Mermaid (Ursula u/s). National Tours: Thanks to the creative team, The Mine, and Disney’s On the Record, Little House. Regional: Telsey. Also thank you to my family, friends, Paper Mill — Little House on the Prairie. Other: teachers and peers for continuing to support Chicago. Television: Law and Order. and inspire me.

JAMES JUDY JORDAN SAMUELS Snyder, Ensemble Specs, Ensemble Broadway: Into The Woods, The Scarlet Broadway: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Pimpernel, Jekyll & Hyde, A Christmas Carol. Christmas. Dance: Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boys of National Tours: Deaf West’s Big River, South Dance. Thanks to the Newsies creative team, Paciﬁc. Grateful to Kathy & Sweetpea for Disney, Telsey, Barry Kolker, Dedra Daniels being my refuge. Mount, all teachers and family for love and support. MORGAN KEENE Ensemble JACK SIPPEL Broadway 1st national tour debut! Tons Mush, Ensemble of love to God, Mom and Dad, Yvonne, Jack is thrilled to be carrying the banner Patti, Justin/Telsey and Jamie/Victoria/ with Newsies! A St. Louis native. National Abrams Artists team! “Be humble, be tour: Memphis. Regional: Tarzan, Singin’ In gracious, be patient and be conﬁdent.” the Rain, Grease, Bye Bye Birdie, Hello, Dolly. www.morgankeene.com Twitter/Instagram: Huge thanks to Telsey+Co and the entire @KeeneMorgan creative team.

ERIC JON MAHLUM ANDREW WILSON Swing Swing Broadway: Wicked. Tours: Young Frankenstein, Tours: Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan, Cats 25th Joseph...Dreamcoat, The Wizard of Oz. Regional: Anniversary, Seven Brides. Regional: Goodspeed, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pittsburgh Pittsburgh CLO, Sac. Music Circus, NYC CLO, KC Starlight, Atlanta Theatre of Opera, Casa Mañana, Riverside. Endless the Stars, The Arden, Riverside Theatre, thanks to Jeff, Chris, Justin, CTG, friends and Milwaukee Repertory. ericjonmahlum.com family. OfﬁcialAndrewWilson.com

ALEX PRAKKEN CHAZ WOLCOTT Oscar Delancey, Ensemble Scab, Ensemble Tour debut! Regional: Les Misérables (Marius, National Tour: Cats (Mr. Mistoffelees). MUNY); Next to Normal (Gabe, Farmers Regional: Merry-Go-Round’s Mary Poppins Alley). Training: BFA University of Michigan, (u/s Bert), Lyric’s 42nd Street (Andy Lee), LAMDA. Thanks to Jeff, Telsey, CGF, Mark, Gateway, Fulton, MTWichita, Gretna. OCU MT15, and, as always, mom and dad. graduate. Immeasurable gratitude to Farah, Kathy, the incredible Newsies team, Telsey! For Mom. chazwolcott.com

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EMT15JA_Newsies_Program.indd 19 2015-06-19 12:43 PM ALAN MENKEN including the Grammy Award-winning Music Copacabana, the Top 10 hit I Made It Through Theatre: God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Little the Rain, and songs and special material Shop Of Horrors, Real Life Funnies, Atina: Evil for Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McRae, Liza Queen Of The Galaxy, Kicks, The Apprenticeship Minnelli, Lily Tomlin, Dionne Warwick and Of Duddy Kravitz, Beauty And The Beast, A the Muppets. Christmas Carol, Weird Romance, King David, Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame, The Little HARVEY FIERSTEIN Mermaid, Sister Act, Leap Of Faith, Aladdin Book and Newsies. Film: Little Shop Of Horrors, Harvey Fierstein is the author of the current The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Broadway Tony-winning smash Kinky Boots Newsies, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback and last season’s Tony-nominated Casa Of Notre Dame, Hercules, Life With Mikey, Valentina, as well as Torch Song Trilogy (Tony, Lincoln, Home On The Range, Noel, Enchanted, Drama Desk and Obie Awards), La Cage aux Shaggy Dog, Tangled and Mirror Mirror. Songs: Folles (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), A Rocky V, Home Alone 2 and Captain America. Catered Affair (12 Drama Desk nominations), Awards: Eight Oscars (19 nominations), Safe Sex (Ace Award), Legs Diamond, 11 Grammys (including Song of the Year), Spookhouse, Flatbush Tosca, Common Ground seven Golden Globes, Tony®, Drama Desk, and more. His political editorials have been Outer Critics Circle, New York Drama Critics, published in the New York Times, TV Guide Olivier and London’s Evening Standard and the Huffington Post and broadcast on Awards. Honours: Songwriter’s Hall of PBS’s In the Life. His children’s book, The Sissy Fame, Doctorates from New York University Duckling (Humanitas Award), is now in its and University of North Carolina School of fifth printing. As an actor, Mr. Fierstein is the Arts. known worldwide for his performances in films including Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence JACK FELDMAN Day and Bullets Over Broadway, on stage in Lyrics Hairspray (Tony Award), Fiddler on the Roof, Broadway and Off-Broadway: The Madwoman La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy (Tony of Central Park West; Isn’t It Romantic, by Award), and on TV shows such as Smash, Wendy Wasserstein; Beyond Therapy, by How I Met Your Mother, The Good Wife, Cheers Christopher Durang; Coming Attractions, by (Emmy nomination), The Simpsons, Family Ted Tally; Miami (book by Ms. Wasserstein). Guy and Nurse Jackie. Regional: Music for Mr. Durang and Albert Innaurato’s Idiots Karamazov at the Yale BOB TZUDIKER & NONI WHITE Repertory Theatre. Film: Oliver & Company; Original Screenplay Tribute; Thumbelina; Newsies; Home Alone 2: Bob Tzudiker and Noni White sold their first Lost in New York; Used People; Life with Mikey; feature film pitch, Newsies, to Disney. They A Goofy Movie; The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride; went on to write the hit animated films and 102 Dalmatians. TV: Music and lyrics for Tarzan, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and the PBS Theatre in America production of Eve Anastasia. Their live-action credits include Merriam’s Out of Our Father’s House; The Magic Newsies and 102 Dalmatians. Bob and Noni Hat; The Little Mermaid (TV special); Polly; also contributed to the film The Lion King and Sesame Street; Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss; have written screenplays for every major and Out of the Box. Also many pop songs, studio. They met as actors, members of the

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EMT15JA_Newsies_Program.indd 20 2015-06-19 12:43 PM Ensemble Studio Theatre, LA, and were later & Callaway Awards, Drama Desk Nom.); cast as husband and wife in a play for LA Bat Boy (Lortel Award); tick, tick...BOOM!, Theatre Works. It took. Bob, a graduate of West End: South Pacific; Sunday In The Park; St. John’s College in Annapolis, appeared tick, tick...BOOM! Director/Choreographer: in Total Recall, Ruthless People and Hill Street SILENCE! The Musical, world premiere of Blues, among others. Noni’s TV credits Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas, Radio Girl, include Taxi, Little House on the Prairie and How To Save The World..., Departure Lounge. 7th Heaven, to name a few, and her features Concerts: Hair w/Jennifer Hudson, Chess include Memories of Me and The Prizewinner w/Josh Groban. TV: The Rosie O’Donnell Show of Defiance, Ohio. Bob and Noni live in Los (three seasons). Angeles with their son, Ben. TOBIN OST JEFF CALHOUN Set Design Director Broadway: Bonnie & Clyde (set and costume Broadway: Disney’s Newsies (eight Tony design), The Philanthropist (costume design) nominations including Best Director), Jekyll and Brooklyn — the Musical (costume design). & Hyde (2013 Revival), Bonnie & Clyde (Tony Off-Broadway: Nightingale (set design), Grace nomination, Best Score), Grey Gardens (Tony (set design), The Overwhelming (costume Nomination, Best Musical), Deaf West’s Big Design), Zanna — Don’t! (co-set and costume River (Tony Honour, Excellence in Theatre), design), Almost Heaven (costume design) and Brooklyn, Annie Get Your Gun (Tony Award, Fighting Words (set design). Selected Regional: Best Revival), Grease (Tony nomination, Best Emma and Himself and Nora for the Old Globe; Choreography), Tommy Tune Tonite!, The Will The Civil War and Shenandoah for Ford’s Rogers Follies (Tony Award, Best Musical). Theatre; Home for Williamstown Theatre U.S. National Tour/West End/International: Festival; Nightingale and Pippin for the Mark Maurice Hines’ Tappin’ Thru Life, Dolly Taper Forum. Parton’s 9 to 5: The Musical, Disney’s High School Musical. Regional: Noah Racey’s Pulse, JESS GOLDSTEIN Asolo Rep.; Jane Austen’s Emma (Craig Noel Costume Design Award, Outstanding Resident Musical), The Selected New York credits include Jersey Boys, Old Globe; Deaf West’s Pippin, Mark Taper Lincoln Center’s The Rivals (Tony Award) and Forum; Disney’s High School Musical: On Tour!, Henry IV (Tony nomination), The Merchant of Disney Theatrical; The Civil War, Shenandoah, Venice (Tony nomination), The Columnist, Take and Violet, Ford’s Theatre. Jeff is an associate Me Out, Proof, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The artist at the Ford’s Theatre in Washington, Apple Tree with Kristin Chenoweth, Enchanted DC. Jeff loves to hear your thoughts on April, Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington, Twitter at @thejeffcalhoun. How I Learned to Drive, Dinner With Friends, Buried Child, The Mineola Twins (Lortel CHRISTOPHER GATTELLI and Hewes Awards) and Il Trittico for The Choreographer Metropolitan Opera. Graduate and current Broadway: Godspell, South Pacific (Tony & faculty at Yale School of Drama. Outer Critics Circle Nominations ), Women on the Verge..., Sunday In The Park With George, The Ritz, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, 13, High Fidelity. Off-Broadway: Altar Boyz (Lortel

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EMT15JA_Newsies_Program.indd 21 2015-06-19 12:43 PM JEFF CROITER Barcelona), Rebecca (Vienna, Stuttgart), The Lighting Design Three Musketeers (Berlin, Stuttgart), Richard Broadway: Newsies, Mothers and Sons, Peter II (Old Vic, Recklinghausen) Swan Lake for and the Starcatcher (Tony Award), A Time to SF Ballet, TFANAs Hamlet, The Ring Cycle Kill, Soul Doctor, Jekyll and Hyde, The Anarchist, (St.Petersburg, Russia). Off-Broadway: Carrie. The Performers, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Next Fall, Kiki and Herb. Other NYC: Fly By Night; DANIEL BRODIE Much Ado and King Lear in Central Park; Last Projection Adaptation Five Years; Old Jews Telling Jokes; Silence; Love, Daniel Brodie designed the projections for Loss, and What I Wore; Meet Vera Stark; Rapture Christopher Wheeldon’s Winter’s Tale (Royal Blister Burn; A Lie of the Mind; Ordinary Days; Ballet) and Cinderella and worked regularly Family Guys Sings; The Voysey Inheritance; The with puppeteer Basil Twist on Twist’s Behind Internationalist; Jacques Brel; Almost Maine; the Lid, Arias with a Twist and The Rite of The Dazzle; Jennifer Muller The Works. Jeff is a Spring. Broadway credits: Motown the Musical, producer of Submissions Only. Jekyll & Hyde and Disney’s Aladdin. Created video designs for Kanye West and the KEN TRAVIS Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Received Sound Design the United States Institute of Theatre Broadway Designs: Aladdin, Jekyll and Hyde, Technology’s Rising Star Award (2011). A Christmas Story the Musical, Scandalous, He has also worked as a guest lecturer at Newsies, Memphis, The ThreePenny Opera, Yale University. Barefoot in the Park, Steel Magnolias. Numerous New York and regional theatres and MICHAEL KOSARIN companies including: The Old Globe, The 5th Music Supervisor and Arranger Avenue Theater, McCarter Theater, Seattle Thirty years on Broadway as music director, Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, LA Center Theater arranger and conductor: Nine (1982), Grand Group, ACT Seattle, Guthrie Theater, KC Rep, Hotel, Mayor, The Secret Garden, King David, Dallas Theater Center, Playwrights Horizons, Triumph of Love, Beauty and the Beast, Little The New Group, NYSF Public Theater, CSC, Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Signature Theater NYC, SoHo Rep, Vineyard Leap of Faith. Alan Menken’s music director Theater, The Civilians, Mabou Mines, for 20 years; ﬁlms include Captain America, and national and international festivals Tangled, Enchanted, Hercules, Home on the and tours. Range, Shaggy Dog, Pocahontas. TV: Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction for SVEN ORTEL A Christmas Carol, nomination for The Music Original Broadway Projection Design Man. Has concertized, arranged and recorded Broadway: Deuce, Faith Healer, Jumpers, The with the Boston Pops, St. Luke’s Orchestra, Woman In White (realization & system design), Carly Simon, Barbara Cook, Jane Krakowski, The Little Mermaid, Woman On the Verge..., Kristin Chenoweth and many others. Wonderland. West End: The Sea, Marguerite, As You Desire Me, Jumpers, Hitchcock Blonde DANNY TROOB (realization), The Woman in White. Elsewhere Orchestrations (selection): A Disappearing Number (Barbican It was 20 years ago today….Danny began & World Tour), Measure For Measure (National work as musical director and orchestrator of Theatre & world tour), Tieﬂand, (Zurich, Newsies the motion picture. Now, after a long

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EMT15JA_Newsies_Program.indd 22 2015-06-19 12:43 PM life as a cult movie on the internet, Newsies JAMES DODGSON comes to Broadway, which is where Danny’s Music Director career began, with such shows as Paciﬁc James Dodgson is based in New York and Overtures (dance music), Big River (musical has worked on productions throughout supervision), Footloose (orchestrations) and the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Holland, Spain, many others. Other ﬁlms include Beauty Australia, South Korea and London’s West and the Beast and Aladdin and there are too End. Musicals: Mary Poppins, Les Misérables, many other Broadway shows to mention. Chicago, Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera, Thanks Kenny Ortega and our original Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Secret Newsies, and thanks Disney Theatricals for Garden, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever keeping the faith and bringing Newsies to a and Stiles and Drewe’s Peter Pan with The wider audience. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. National Theatre London: Oh What A Lovely War and MARK HUMMEL The Villains Opera. Dance Music Broadway musicals: Newsies, Hugh Jackman: CHARLES G. LAPOINTE Back On Broadway, Sister Act, Platinum, The Hair & Wig Design First, Merlin, The Goodbye Girl, Legs Diamond, Broadway: Clybourne Park, The Columnist, Guys & Dolls (1992), The Boy From Oz, Chita Magic/Bird, Bonnie & Clyde, The Mountaintop, Rivera: The Dancer’s Life. Radio City Christmas Women on the Verge…, Merchant of Venice, Spectacular 75th celebration, composer/ Memphis, Henry IV, The Rivals, Cymbeline, arranger. A three-time Emmy Award Lombardi, Fences, Looped, Miracle Worker, nominee, Hummel creates music with Liza Superior Donuts, 33 Variations, Guys & Dolls, In Minnelli, Tommy Tune, Bernadette Peters, the Heights, Jersey Boys, The Color Purple, Martin Rufus Wainwright, Donna Murphy, Shirley Short: Fame Becomes Me, Good Vibrations, The MacLaine, Julie Wilson, Amra-Faye Wright, Apple Tree, A Raisin in the Sun, Cat on a Hot Tin Peter Allen, Barbara Cook, Marcia Lewis and Roof, Lieutenant of Inishmoor, Sight Unseen, High Brian Stokes Mitchell. Fidelity, Xanadu, The Mountaintop. Signature Theatre’s Angels in America, Intelligent JOHN MILLER Homosexual’s Guide… Love to James. Music Coordinator Broadway (more than 100 shows, including): J. ALLEN SUDDETH Jesus Christ Superstar; Leap of Faith; Once; On Fight Director A Clear Day; Godspell; Follies; Porgy and Bess; Newsies is Allen’s 10th Broadway show, Jersey Boys; Priscilla; Sister Act; Catch Me If You ranging from Angels in America to Gem Of Can; Rock of Ages. Studio Musician (bass): The Ocean to Jekyll and Hyde. He is a master Michael Jackson, Madonna, Peter, Paul and teacher at Rutgers and SUNY Purchase, Mary, Eric Clapton, Sinatra, Carly Simon, author, and works worldwide. He has logged Pete Seeger, NY Philharmonic. His album more than 800 television shows and several Stage Door Johnny — John Miller: Takes on hundred productions in regional theatre and Broadway is available on PS Classics Records. Off-Broadway over a 35-year career. Many www.johnmillerbass.com thanks to his teachers, students, family and friends for the support all these years.

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EMT15JA_Newsies_Program.indd 23 2015-06-19 12:43 PM TELSEY + COMPANY A Dancer’s Life, Joseph…, and Evita. Other Casting favourite projects include Ragtime, Jane Eyre, Broadway/Tours: An American in Paris, and Aladdin at the 5th Avenue. Love to Anne, Finding Neverland, The King and I, Hand to God, Madelyn, Tucker and Brooklyn. Honeymoon in Vegas, The Last Ship, Love Letters, This is Our Youth, If/Then, Pippin, Motown, JEFF NORMAN Kinky Boots, Rock of Ages, Wicked, Blithe Spirit, Production Stage Manager Million Dollar Quartet. Off-Broadway: Atlantic, Las Vegas-Disney’s The Lion King, Mamma MCC, Second Stage, Signature. Film: The Mia!, Cirque du Soleil’s O at the Bellagio, Intern, Ithaca, Focus, A Most Violent Year, Into Toronto-Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Miss the Woods, The Last 5 Years, Stage Fright, Song Saigon, Les Misérables, Opening team-Disney One. TV: Flesh and Bone, Peter Pan Live!, Masters Cruise Lines. Proud member of Actors’ of Sex, commercials. www.telseyandco.com Equity Association.

RICHARD J. HINDS MICHAEL T. CLARKSTON Associate Director Stage Manager Broadway: Newsies, Jekyll and Hyde, Il Divo: A Bwy: Avenue Q, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Musical Affair. Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love. Hairspray, In The Heights, Jersey Boys, Million Tours: 9 to 5, High School Musical. Regional: Dollar Quartet, Lion King. Tours: Buyer & Capital Repertory Theatre, New Theatre, Cellar, Hello, Dolly!, Shrek, White Christmas, Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Television: Lion King. Other: Elton John’s GYBR, Normal Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, America’s Got Heart w/Glenn Close. Dubai Int’l Film Talent, The Bethenny Show and Good Afternoon Awards, Babopbye Ya, The Diplomat, Freegan America. Training: Interlochen Arts Academy. Love, Wilderness.

LOU CASTRO PATRICIA L. GRABB Associate Choreographer Assistant Stage Manager Bway/NY: Newsies, Women on the Verge, 13, Broadway: The Cripple of Inishmaan starring Sunday In The Park With George, Altar Boyz. Daniel Radcliffe. Tours: We Will Rock You, Mary International/U.S. Tours/Regional: Newsies Poppins, A Christmas Story, Young Frankenstein, (Paper Mill), 13 (Goodspeed), Altar Boyz (1st & 101 Dalmatians, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, 2nd Korean companies, 1st & 2nd U.S. tours, Cats 25th Anniversary, Miss Saigon, A Christmas Detroit, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Bristol and Carol and Swing! (Japan tour). Regional: Paper Chicago companies), Sunday In The Park With Mill Playhouse, Pennsylvania Centre Stage, George (Seattle’s 5th Ave Theatre). Thanks for Surﬂight Theatre. Proud graduate Penn State everything X!!! University. Love to her family.

GEOFFREY QUART KRISTEN TORGRIMSON Technical Super visor Assistant Stage Manager Geoffrey Quart is the Technical Supervisor Broadway: Rocky, Ghost the Musical, Man for Troika Entertainment, having worked and Boy. Off-Broadway: Cotton Club Parade on more than 60 productions during the (Encores!), The Common Pursuit (Roundabout), last seven years, including national tours How I Learned to Drive (Second Stage). BFA in of Come Fly Away, Fiddler on the Roof, 42nd Stage Management from The Theatre School Street in Asia, 101 Dalmatians, Chita Rivera: at DePaul University.

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EMT15JA_Newsies_Program.indd 24 2015-06-19 12:43 PM DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS America, and Peter and the Starcatcher, which Disney Theatrical Productions, a division enjoyed a two-year New York run. Other of The Walt Disney Studios, was formed successful stage ventures have included the in 1994 and operates under the direction Olivier-nominated London hit Shakespeare of Thomas Schumacher. Worldwide, its in Love, stage productions of Disney’s High eight Broadway titles have been seen School Musical, Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame by more than 128 million theatregoers in Berlin, and King David in concert. DTP and have been nominated for 57 Tony has collaborated with the country’s leading Awards®, winning Broadway’s highest regional theatres to develop new stage titles honour 20 times. With 15 productions including The Jungle Book and The Hunchback currently produced or licensed, a Disney of Notre Dame. Aladdin is its most recent musical is being performed professionally Tony Award-winning Broadway hit with somewhere on the planet virtually every upcoming productions in Tokyo, Hamburg hour of the day. The company’s inaugural and additional cities yet to be announced. production, Beauty and the Beast, opened in 1994. It played a remarkable 13-year PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE run on Broadway and has been produced Paper Mill Playhouse, a pioneer in the in 28 countries worldwide. In November not-for-profit regional theatre movement, 1997, Disney opened The Lion King, which opened its doors in 1938 and has been received six 1998 Tony Awards including recognized throughout the industry Best Musical. In its 18th smash year on for the artistry of its productions and Broadway, it has welcomed more than 75 commitment to sup porting the development million visitors worldwide to date, and of new works and emerging artists. A can currently be seen in nine productions nationally recognized centre for musical worldwide. Having played 21 countries on theatre education and performance, its every continent except Antarctica, The Lion award-winning arts education, artist training King’s worldwide gross exceeds that of any and outreach programs impact thousands of film, Broadway show or other entertainment students each year. Paper Mill productions title in box-office history. Elton John and have moved to Broadway, toured nationally, Tim Rice’s Aida opened on Broadway next, been filmed for Showtime and PBS and winning four 2000 Tony Awards. It was produced original cast recordings. followed by Mary Poppins, a co-production with Cameron Mackintosh, which opened in London in 2004 and went on to enjoy a six-year Tony-winning Broadway run. Tarzan ®, which opened on Broadway in 2006, is now an international hit with an award-winning production in its 6th year in Germany. In January 2008, The Little Mermaid opened on Broadway and was the #1-selling new musical of that year. Disney Theatrical Productions opened two critically acclaimed productions on Broadway in 2012, receiving seven Tony Awards between them: Newsies, which is currently on tour throughout North

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EMT15JA_Newsies_Program.indd 25 2015-06-19 12:43 PM credits & acknowledgments

DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS Finance & Operations President & Producer ...... THOMAS SCHUMACHER VP, Finance, Operations & Technology...... MARIO IANNETTA EVP & Managing Director ...... DAVID SCHRADER VP, Operations...... DANA AMENDOLA Creative & Production Director, Accounting ...... BRIGITTE PASCUAL Executive Music Producer ...... CHRIS MONTAN Manager, Finance ...... JENNIFER AUGUST SVP, Production...... ANNE QUART Manager, Technical Services & Support...... MICHAEL FIGLIULO VP, Creative Development ...... BEN FAMIGLIETTI Manager, Finance ...... MIKHAIL MEDVEDEV Director, Production...... MIMI INTAGLIATA Manager, Accounting ...... ARLENE SMITH Director, Production Development...... SETH MARQUETTE Senior Business Planner ...... JESSICA BILMES Director, Labour Relations...... SCOTT KARDEL Senior Business Planner ...... CHRIS EKIZIAN Associate Director ...... JEFF LEE Senior Technical Support Engineer ...... KEVIN A. McGUIRE Production Supervisor ...... CLIFFORD SCHWARTZ Senior Technical Support Engineer ...... NOEL MOORE JR. Sr. Manager, Creative Development ...... JANE ABRAMSON Production Accountant ...... ANGELA DiSANTI Dramaturg & Literary Manager...... KEN CERNIGLIA Production Accountant ...... SAMANTHA SORIN Sr. Manager, Labour Relations ...... STEPHANIE CHEEK Assistant Production Accountant ...... ISANDER ROJAS Sr. Manager, Education & Outreach ...... LISA MITCHELL General Manager ...... MYRIAH BASH Strategy and Business Development Manager, Physical Production...... JAMES GARNER Director, Strategy & Business Development ...... CLIVE CHANG General Manager ...... CHRISTOPHER A. RECKER Sr. Manager, Strategy & Business Development .... RYAN PEARS General Manager ...... THOMAS SCHLENK Human Resources Associate General Manager ...... KERRY McGRATH Director, Human Resources ...... MARIE-PIERRE VARIN Associate General Manager ...... CAITLYN THOMSON Manager, Human Resources ...... JEWEL NEAL Asst. Manager, Creative Development... COLLEEN McCORMACK Manager, Human Resources & Labour Relations . .VALERIE HART Marketing, Sales & Publicity Administrative Staff SVP, Marketing, Sales & Publicity ...... ANDREW FLATT Zachary Baer, Caitlin Baird, Caley Beretta, Elizabeth Boulger, VP, Sales, CRM & Partnerships ...... BRYAN DOCKETT Melody Byron, Lauren Chapman, Amanda Cole, Brian DeCaluwe, VP, Marketing ...... ROBIN WYATT Adam Dworkin, Bradley Eckerson, Sarah Funk, Phil Grippe, Director, Synergy & Partnership ...... KEVIN BANKS Director, Worldwide Publicity ...... MICHAEL COHEN Frankie Harvey, Julie Haverkate, Christina Huschle, Sarah Kenny, Director, Sales & Ticketing ...... NICK FALZON Pearl Kermani, Julie Lavin, Chantal Lopez, Jeffrey Metzler, Sunny Director, Licensed Brands ...... GARY KANE Ng, Misael Nunez, Kelly Perez, Marisa Perry, Jessica Petschauer, Sr. Manager, Publicity & Matt Quinones, Elizabeth Rublein, Mark Shultz, Bri Silva, Ariel Communications ...... LINDSAY BRAVERMAN Stein, Lee Taglin, Mark Topley Sr. Marketing Manager...... LAUREN DAGHINI Sr. Manager, Data Modeling & DISNEY THEATRICAL MERCHANDISE, L.L.C. Consumer Insights ...... CRAIG TRACHTENBERG Vice President ...... STEVEN DOWNING Sr. Marketing Manager...... JASON ZAMMIT Sr. District Manager, Retail Strategy & Ops .....ALYSSA SOMERS Design Manager ...... ERIC EMCH Merchandise Manager ...... NEIL MARKMAN Sales Manager, Groups & Tourism ...... NICHOLAS FARANDA Merchandise Manager ...... MICHAEL DEI CAS Manager, Digital Marketing & Social Media ...... GREG JOSKEN Corp. Sales & Manager, Sales & Ticketing ...... LIZ SCHWARZWALDER Product Development Manager ...... ELLETE POULIN Manager, Sales & Ticketing ...... JENIFER THOMAS Buyer ...... VIOLETA BURLAZA Manager, Digital Marketing...... PETER TULBA On-Site Retail Manager ...... RACHEL SILVERSTRINI Asst. Manager, Synergy & Partnership...... CARA EPSTEIN Asst. Design Manager ...... BRANDON FAKE Disney Theatrical Productions Publicity Associate ...... BRENDAN PADGETT [email protected] Domestic VP, Domestic ...... JACK ELDON OPENING NIGHT — JULY 9, 2015 Director, Domestic Touring ...... MICHAEL BUCHANAN Director, Regional Engagements...... SCOTT A. HEMERLING STAFF FOR NEWSIES Director, Regional Engagements...... KELLI PALAN COMPANY MANAGER ...... MICHAEL HEIGHT Sr. Manager, Theatrical Licensing...... DAVID R. SCOTT Production Stage Manager ...... JEFF NORMAN Manager, Domestic Touring & Planning ...... LIZ BOTROS Associate Company Manager ...... BRENDAN BEGGS Stage Manager ...... MICHAEL T. CLARKSTON International Assistant Stage Manager...... PATRICIA L. GRABB SVP, International...... RON KOLLEN Assistant Stage Manager...... KRISTEN TORGRIMSON VP, International, Australia ...... JAMES THANE Dance Captain ...... ANDREW WILSON VP, International, Europe...... FIONA THOMAS Assistant Dance Captain...... JOSH ASSOR Director, International Production ...... FELIPE GAMBA Fight Captain ...... KEVIN CAROLAN Business & Legal Affairs Production Assistants . . .CHET H. CRAFT, PATRICK DAVID EGAN, SVP, Business & Legal Affairs ...... JONATHAN OLSON KURCHTA HARDING, GABRIELLE NIEPORENT, VP, Business & Legal Affairs ...... SETH STUHL LAUREN PENNINGTON, MARK A. STYS, Senior Counsel ...... NAILA MCKENZIE KRISTEN TORGRIMSON Sr. Paralegal...... JESSICA WHITE

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EMT15JA_Newsies_Program.indd 26 2015-06-19 12:43 PM Wardrobe Supervisor ...... GILLIAN AUSTIN DISNEY ON BROADWAY PUBLICITY Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor ...... RENEE JONES Senior Publicist...... DENNIS CROWLEY Hair Supervisor ...... KAYLAN PAISLEY National Press Representative ...... GREGORY HANOIAN Associate Music Director...... FAITH SEETOO Additional Orchestrations...... STEVE MARGOSHES Associate Scenic Designer ...... CHRISTINE PETERS Additional Orchestrations...... DAVE SIEGEL Associate Costume Designer ...... IRMA BRAINARD Music Preparation ...... ANIXTER RICE MUSIC SERVICES Assistant Costume Designer...... TINA McCARTNEY Electronic Music Programming...... JEFF MARDER Costume Shopper...... ADAM ADELMAN Assistant Synth Programmer ...... BRIAN LI Costume Interns...... KATHRYN BAILEY, ELIZABETH DONELAN Associate to Mr. Menken ...... RICK KUNIS Associate Lighting Designer ...... CORY PATTAK Assistant to John Miller...... JENNIFER COOLBAUGH Assistant Lighting Designer ...... WILBURN BONNELL Rehearsal Pianist ...... CHIP PRINCE Moving Light Programmer...... ALEX FOGEL Rehearsal Drummer...... HEINRICH KRUSE Associate Sound Designer...... ALEX HAWTHORN Music Production Assistant ...... BRENDAN WHITING Projection Assistant ...... MICHAEL F. BERGMANN Dialect & Vocal Coach ...... SHANE ANN YOUNTS Media Programmer ...... OLIVIA D’ANGELO Assistant to Mr . Calhoun ...... DEREK HERSEY Assistant Hair and Wig Designer ...GRETCHEN ANDROSAVICH Children’s Guardian ...... BERNADETTE JUSINSKI Make-Up Consultant ...... FRED WAGGONER Children’s Tutoring ...... ON LOCATION EDUCATION/ Assistant Fight Director...... MITCHELL McCOY BERNADETTE JUSINSKI Production Carpenter ...... ANDREW SULLIVAN Physical Therapist .....NEURO TOUR PHYSICAL THERAPY, INC./ Head Carpenter ...... NOAH KERN ALAINA HESSE, DPT Assistant Carpenter...... DAVE BURGDORF Medical Director ...... CRAIG E. WEIL, MD Assistant Carpenter...... SETH LARKIN Automation ...... JOHN ZAWISLAK CASTING Production Electrician ...... MICHAEL BROWN TELSEY + COMPANY Head Electrician ...... KURT KROHNE Bernie Telsey CSA, Will Cantler CSA, Assistant Electrician ...... WILLIAM NALLETT David Vaccari CSA, Bethany Knox CSA, Assistant Electrician ...... NICOLE LAEGER Craig Burns CSA, Tiffany Little Canﬁeld CSA, Production Properties ...... EMILIANO PARES Rachel Hoffman CSA, Justin Huff CSA, Head Properties ...... DAN BOESCH Patrick Goodwin CSA, Abbie Brady-Dalton CSA, Assistant Properties...... JENNIFER KRAMER David Morris, Cesar A. Rocha CSA, Production Sound...... COLLE BUSTIN Andrew Femenella CSA, Karyn Casl CSA, Head Sound ...... IAN P. CARR Kristina Bramhall, Conrad Woolfe, Amelia Nadler Sound Assistant ...... JARED ULLMAN

Please power down your mobile device during the performance. #NEWSIESONTOUR Let the world know that you’re at @NEWSIES at FREE the Ed Mirvish theatre. TOTE BAG with any t-shirt purchase

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EMT15JA_Newsies_Program.indd 27 2015-06-19 12:43 PM Phone Operations Supervisors ...... KAREN COSTA, Advertising ...... SERINO COYNE, INC. SCOTT RICHARDSON, Production Photography ...... DEEN VAN MEER JANET KOMPARE-FRITZ Production Travel ...... JILL L. CITRON Administrative Services Manager ...... MAGGIE BUSKI Payroll Managers ...... ANTHONY DeLUCA, CATHY GUERRA Reporting Co-ordinator ...... NATASHA SPRINGETT Counsel–Immigration ...... MICHAEL ROSENFELD Ticketing Co-ordinator ...... KARYN KING Ticketing Software Administrator ...... SARA RIVARD CREDITS Ticketing Software Co-ordinator ...... FRANCO MARCANTONIO Custom scenery and automation by Hudson Scenic Studio, Inc. Business Analyst ...... ANDREW MERZETTI Lighting equipment by Production Resource Group, LLC. Sound Database Administrator ...... DILEEP KOLANU equipment by Masque Sound. Video projection equipment provided by WorldStage. Soft goods by iWeiss. Costumes by FOR MIRVISH GROUP SALES & SUBSCRIPTIONS Carelli Costumes, Jennifer Love Studios, Claudia Diaz Costumes, Subscriptions Operations Manager ...... DAVID LINTON Bethany Joy Costumes, Arel Studios, Brian Hemesath. Shoes by Subscriptions Services Manager...... GERARD RAJU T.O. Dey; Capezio; WORLDTONE. Smoke effect by Jauchem & Associate Manager, Meeh, NYC. Special thanks to Bra*Tenders for undergarments Subscriptions Operations ...... PAULYN RAMAN and hosiery. Ricola cough drops courtesy of Ricola USA, Group Sales Manager...... SANDRA QUITERIA Customer Service Co-ordinator ...... DAVE PELLEY Inc. Fabric painting and distressing by Juliann Kroboth and Education Co-ordinator...... DENISE ANDERSON, Brian Robles. Group Sales Co-ordinators ...... NELIA BAIRD, GANTH MAYATHIRAVIAM, KAREN MORAN NEWSIES rehearsed at the Group Sales Liaison ...... ABIGAIL KELL New 42nd Street Studios Customer Service Representatives...... ALEXANDRA LEAN, ARIKA UMME GUL, ASHLEY MUNDY, THANKS BLAIR LEIGHTON, BRANDON BARNSWELL, Paper Mill Playhouse DANIEL McLARTY, DANIELLA FRUSTAGLIO, DULAN MATHITHAYAN, ERNEST AVSEEV, FOR MIRVISH PRODUCTIONS MAXIME SHANTHAKUMAR, MUNIRA SARUAT, Producer ...... DAVID MIRVISH RICHARD McDONALD, RYAN REEVE, TIFFANY TOBIAS Executive Producer...... BRIAN SEWELL Managing Director ...... DAVID MUCCI FOR THE ED MIRVISH THEATRE Director of Finance...... CAMILLO CASCIATO General Manager ...... RON JACOBSON Director of Communications ...... JOHN KARASTAMATIS House Manager ...... MARIE HOLOWATY Director of Development...... KELLY ROBINSON Assistant House Manager ...... MARGARET BROCK Director of Sales ...... JIM VALENTINE Box Ofﬁce Manager ...... GERARD RAJU Director of Production ...... SCOT WHITHAM Head Electrician ...... NIGEL ROMERIL Director of Labour Relations & Head Carpenter ...... MICHAEL SWITZER Human Resources ...... MARK LAVAWAY Head Flyman...... SEAN POOLE Human Resources Intern ...... YULIYA TIMURSHINA Head of Properties ...... PAUL AXFORD Associate Producers...... LINDA INTASCHI, RACHAEL MIRVISH Head of Sound ...... STEVE DEVINE Assistant Producer...... SARAH SISKO Head of Wardrobe...... JENNY FRASER Head of Wigs...... DENISE FARRELL Associate General Manager ...... CHARLES CHU Maintenance Manager ...... KEVIN MCCARTHY Company Management Assistant ...... ANIKA NATER General Management Associate...... HANNAH MIRVISH The actors and stage managers employed in Production Manager...... CHRIS PRIDEAUX this production are members of Actors’ Equity Production Manager...... NATHAN GILES Association, The Union of Professional Actors Production Administrator ...... DESIRÉE PROVEAU and Stage Managers in the United States. Senior Marketing Manager ...... CHRIS DORSCHT Communications Manager ...... SUE TOTH Backstage and Front of the House Employees Press & Public Relations Manager ...... J. RANDY ALLDREAD are represented by the International Alliance of Marketing Manager ...... MICHAEL TAYLOR Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). Online Marketing Manager ...... AUBREY STORK Web Designer ...... JENNIFER JENKINS 5NITED3CENIC!RTISTSs,OCAL53!OFTHE Videographer ...... TRISTAN GOUGH I.A.T.S.E. represents the Designers & Scenic Marketing Interns ...... NIK MURILLO, ANTONIO TAN Artists for the American Theatre IT Manager ...... JOSIE DI LUZIO System Administrators ...... CHARLES BARTHMANN, The Press Agents and Company Managers PHILLIP DREW, KATHARINE POSAVAD employed in this production are represented Analyst/Accounting Manager ...... REG DUNCAN by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Controller ...... JASON YIP Managers. Accountant ...... TINA MARSHALL Show Accountant ...... RACQUEL FROST The Director and choreographer are members of Accounting Staff...... JULIE LOGAN, KIM SITU the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Payroll ...... LILIAN SIU a national theatrical labor union. Assistant to David Mirvish ...... LAUREL PURVIS Receptionists ...... HELDER BRUM, REBECCA RAFTUS, JULIA HLADKOWICZ

FOR TICKETKING This production is produced by a member of General Manager ...... JAMES ALDRIDGE The Broadway League in collaboration with our Phone Operations Manager...... ALAN FORSYTH professional union-represented employees. Phone Operations Asst. Manager ...... SUSIE MARCON

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EMT15JA_Newsies_Program.indd 28 2015-06-19 12:43 PM BROADWAY’S HUGE-HEARTED, HIGH HEELED HIT

A NEW MUSICAL BASED ON A TRUE STORY

NOW ON STAGE ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE 416-872-1212 MIRVISH.COM ED MIRVISH THEATRE PATRON SERVICES & INFORMATION

For reserved ticket pickup, please come to the main box ofﬁce, at the Victoria Street entrance.

For wheelchair accessibility, please enter the theatre through the Victoria Street doors.

Lost & Found: please call (416) 364 - 4100 or email [email protected].

For your convenience, refreshments may be purchased at the concession counters prior to the performance or at intermission. We offer a selection of beer, water, wine, spirits, soft drinks and light snacks, which you may enjoy in your seats.

Cameras, video cameras and sound recording devices are not permitted in the theatre. Please also turn off all mobile devices before entering the auditorium.

Smoking is not permitted in any area of the theatre.

In the interest of all patrons and performers, latecomers will not be seated until there is a suitable break in the performance, as designated by the show’s creative team.

Please turn off cellular phones and beepers before entering the auditorium.

Please do not wear strong perfumes that might disturb other patrons.

For the beneﬁt of the hearing-impaired, the theatre is equipped with an infra-red listening system. Receivers may be borrowed from the mezzanine level cloakroom. A driver’s licence or credit card is required as a deposit.

Tickets and information are available at the theatre box ofﬁce, by telephone at either (416) 872-1212 or 1- 800 - 461-3333 or online at mirvish.com

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