NEWSIES Will Be Filmed Live With Jeremy Jordan & Kara Lindsay — Page 5

I'm curious which version they will use: Broadway or tour



Besides a new song/scene, they've changed lyrics and staging (they kinda took out a full track & kinda split it.)

Why are they calling it a movie?

Do you think Disney is going to have to censor a few things from the recording? Like when Jack says "we all got our asses kicked"?

If this is being filmed for sale, there's no reason to censor anything. It's not as if they're going to be broadcasting it on Sunday morning at Church.

I attended the live taping of this last night and thought I'd share my thoughts.



I understand this was an invitation-only event, but the Pantages posted on their Facebook page that they were doing a standby line a few days before the event. The performance was to begin filming at 6:30 pm, and the line "officially" opened at 4 pm, but people started lining up way before that. I heard the first people in line arrived at 1 am and spent the entire day there, and others behind them arrived around 7 am. Talk bout dedication.



I got to the line a little after 3 pm and was already well into the 200s, yikes. I wasn't sure I would get in, but by 5 or 5:30, the line started moving pretty quickly. With about 20 people ahead of me, the line stopped for about 20 minutes and I thought I was out of luck. But I understand they may have given out most of the available tickets they intended to give out first (such as those in the rear orchestra/mezzanine or obstructed view), and the rest of the tickets would be true cancellations. A few more minutes passed, and a new batch of tickets was released, and I got in! I was so excited, and I had an awesome seat to boot, just right of center orchestra. Marissa Jaret Winokur was seated 2 rows ahead of me. Turns out I was in the row behind Jack Feldman (the lyricist) too.



Jeff Calhoun (director of the Broadway production) and Thomas Schumacher (president of Disney Theatricals) addressed the audience before the show started and pointed out some of the VIPs. As mentioned, Jack Feldman was in attendance, as were Christopher Gattelli (choreographer) and Bob Tzudiker and Noni White (1992 screenplay writers). No Alan Menken or Harvey Fierstein though. They also talked about the cast, with 9 of the original Broadway cast members there. I'm not a super fansie, so I can't name all 9 of them, but the obvious ones are Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, and Ben Fankhauser. They also mentioned that 20+ of those in the cast last night have performed in the Broadway production at one point or another; the cast last night was 40 people (as opposed to its usual 2. They mentioned that one of the cast members has pretty much been with the production since the beginning at Paper Mill, and that he has performed the show over 1500 times! Anyone know who this might be?



Anyway, onto the show. The crowd was so enthusiastic and the energy level in the room was amazing. There were multiple standing ovations, the first deservedly coming after "Seize the Day," and another one after "King of New York." I think there was one more after "Once and for All." When I first saw the show a few months ago, I sat in the nosebleeds, but I was close enough to see facial expressions this time and it was so exciting to see the joy and pride in all the boys' faces. This was probably one of my top 3 most memorable/exciting theatre experiences, comparable to when I saw the OBC of Jersey Boys right before they won the Tony.



Spoiler: after the curtain call, Andrew Keenan-Bolger led the entire audience in a fun exercise that hopefully makes it into the finished product. At intermission, the ushers handed out newspapers to everyone in the audience and the director of the film wanted to get a shot of everyone crumpling up their papers and tossing them in the air. That was a lot of fun.



There were no major hiccups that I was aware of. They said in the beginning they may have to stop the show if safety became an issue (as they were not used to such a large cast with the set) or if they needed to retake a shot, but they didn't end up doing so. I just noticed two minor missteps during the curtain call--one of the guys didn't have a perfect landing after his full-twisting backflip (touched down with his knee or hand), and then Jeremy also kinda slipped after he did a heel kick (probably due to excitement/all the adrenaline).



Fathom Events will be releasing the film in movie theaters in 2017 (date TBD), and then expect it to be available on DVD, Netflix, etc.



Here are a few pics from the program:



https://imgur.com/nZMUlHR



https://imgur.com/4UdLWBT



https://imgur.com/s7Q0rzS



https://imgur.com/S5HbdYt

trpguyy said: "Glad you made it!

The cast member who's been with the show since Papermill is Kevin Carolan, who plays Roosevelt. "



Incorrect. While Kevin was in the show at Paper Mill, Mark Aldrich, who plays Seitz, has been in the show the longest.



The original nine OBC are Jeremy, Kara, Ben, Andrew, Andy Richardson, Tommy Bracco, John Brady, Kevin Carolan, and Mark Aldrich.

sorano916 said: "trpguyy said: "Glad you made it!

The cast member who's been with the show since Papermill is Kevin Carolan, who plays Roosevelt. "



Incorrect. While Kevin was in the show at Paper Mill, Mark Aldrich, who plays Seitz, has been in the show the longest.



The original nine OBC are Jeremy, Kara, Ben, Andrew, Andy Richardson, Tommy Bracco, John Brady, Kevin Carolan, and Mark Aldrich.



"

Please explain to me how what I wrote is incorrect. And not for nothing, but Mark was absent from the tour for several months.

Updated On: 9/13/16 at 12:46 PM

trpguyy said: "sorano916 said: "trpguyy said: "Glad you made it!

The cast member who's been with the show since Papermill is Kevin Carolan, who plays Roosevelt. "

Incorrect. While Kevin was in the show at Paper Mill, Mark Aldrich, who plays Seitz, has been in the show the longest."

Please explain to me how what I wrote is incorrect. And not for nothing, but Mark was absent from the tour for several months."



Your statement implied to answer CB4Ever's question "They mentioned that one of the cast members has pretty much been with the production since the beginning at Paper Mill, and that he has performed the show over 1500 times! Anyone know who this might be?"



What you wrote is incorrect. The answer to CB4Ever's question is Mark not Kevin.



Yes, Mark was absent from tour for a few months, but Kevin left the Broadway cast after a few months while Mark was in the Broadway cast the entire time.

trpguyy said: "Kevin Carolan has been with the show since Papermill. Fact. I never claimed he's been in the most performances. I don't know or care about that, which I why I didn't address it. "



Then don't use the definite article "the".



Question: "They mentioned that one of the cast members has pretty much been with the production since the beginning at Paper Mill, and that he has performed the show over 1500 times! Anyone know who this might be?"



Your response: "The cast member who's been with the show since Papermill is Kevin Carolan, who plays Roosevelt."

Newsies will be shown in theatres this February...
http://www.playbill.com/article/disneys-newsies-the-broadway-musical-sets-theatrical-release-dates

Are we feeling pretty confident that this will come out on DVD because it's Disney? Or not so much?

Tickets are on sale now...
https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Seize-the-Day-Tickets-for-Disneys-NEWSIES-Now-on-Sale-at-a-Cinema-Near-You-20161205