Newspaper history set to music in Le Roy production of Newsies
Le Roy High School is presenting a production of the Disney musical Newsies on March 10, 11, 12, 18 and 19 in the school auditorium.
Newsies is the story of a homeless NYC newsboy, Jack "Cowboy" Kelly, who befriends two newcomers to the trade. Newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer sets new rules that make it harder for newspaper hawkers -- newsies -- to make a buck so the boys go on strike. A journalist sympathetic to the boys' cause gives them some tips on public relations and the newsies battle grips the city.
The story is based on an actual labor dispute between newspaper salesboys and Pulitzer in the summer of 1899. For more on the history behind the story, click here.
Performances in Le Roy are:
- March 10, 7 p.m.
- March 11, 7 p.m.
- March 12, 7 p.m.
- March 18, 7 p.m.
- March 19,7 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased at leroycsd.org or at the auditorium, 9300 South Street Road.
For more photos or to purchase prints, click here.
