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How to Make Newsies on Broadway Awesome
The world will know what to keep and what to cut
Been carryin’ the banner for 18 years now (Photo: Disney)
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Earlier this week, it was reported Harvey Fierstein is writing a libretto for the upcoming stage version of Newsies. There’s no word on when this sure-to-be-fantastic musical extravaganza is set to open—or even if it will—but considering how great Newsies is (well, most of it), here’s hoping it’s sometime soon.
Like I mentioned above, though, not all of the 1992 film is worth keeping. Below is what needs to go and what should be cut:
Keep
-“Carrying the Banner” as an opener
-Bill Pullman (who else would cover Brooklyn to Trenton?)
Cut
-The depressing mother in “Carrying the Banner” (see above)
-Any scene involving Medda Larkson
-And don’t have anyone else sing “My Lovey Dovey Baby” and “High Times, Hard Times”
-The revolving accents of Joseph Pulitzer
-Brooklyn as a terrifying place to go; make it Jersey.