Shows with a newspaper theme

[Gmerchant123]

Shows with a newspaper theme#1

Posted: 2/25/14 at 2:49pm

Hey! I'm currently in a show and we are looking for inspiration and want to theme our show with newspapers. We have seen pictures of the Cincinnati version of Merrily we role along and newsies. Are there any other shows that use newspapers as the main theme? Thanks!!:)

[GreasedLightning]

Shows with a newspaper theme#2

Posted: 2/25/14 at 2:54pm

Not really a theme, but the original Broadway set design of American Idiot consisted of giant walls plastered in newspapers, ads, posters & propaganda-type flyers (I think?)

[ClydeBarrow]

Shows with a newspaper theme#2

Posted: 2/25/14 at 2:56pm

Newsical?

"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah

[oasisjeff]

Shows with a newspaper theme#3

Posted: 2/25/14 at 3:08pm

There's a new Meet John Doe musical, but I think that's still a new show, so probably not licensing? Not sure.

Now t/d/b/a haterobics on here.

[GreasedLightning]

Shows with a newspaper theme#4

Posted: 2/25/14 at 3:10pm

Forgot to ask: what show are you doing? Some here might be able to make suggestions or have an idea if they are familiar with the show on how you can theme it with newspapers.

[Eris0303]

Shows with a newspaper theme#5

Posted: 2/25/14 at 3:12pm

I don't know about the "main theme" but "It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman" certainly has a lot to do with newspapers.

"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

[Mr Roxy]

Shows with a newspaper theme#6

Posted: 2/25/14 at 3:25pm

Windy City. Musical version of Front Page.

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[macnyc]

Shows with a newspaper theme#7

Posted: 2/25/14 at 3:34pm

Lucky Guy (with Tom Hanks) took place at a couple of newspapers, but I don't remember if the actual pages were incorporated into the set design.

[Mr Roxy]

Shows with a newspaper theme#8

Posted: 2/25/14 at 3:38pm

Sweet Smell Of Success

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[MadAboutTheBoy]

Shows with a newspaper theme#9

Posted: 2/25/14 at 3:39pm

Bonnie and Clyde? Spiderman? Updated On: 2/25/14 at 03:39 PM

[WhizzerMarvin]

Shows with a newspaper theme#10

Posted: 2/25/14 at 3:55pm

The most literal choice would probably be "The News"- a flop musical that played four performances in 1985 and was described by Frank Rich as a "would-be Brechtian rock opera." It took place in the newsroom of The Mirror, a New York newspaper, and dealt with a serial killer (played by Anthony Crivello) who was sensationalized by the paper and consequences that followed.

Patrick Jude was the lead reporter, and this marked the fourth and final role he originated on Broadway following Got Tu Go Disco, Charlie and Algernon and Marlowe.

Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco. Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!

[henrikegerman]

Shows with a newspaper theme#11

Posted: 2/25/14 at 5:18pm

Wonderful Town.

[Jon]

Shows with a newspaper theme#12

Posted: 2/25/14 at 7:04pm

The 1933 musical revue AS THOUSANDS CHEER used a newspaper format. Every song (by Irving Berlin) and sketch (by Moss Hart) was inspired by a newspaper headline or feature. The sketches dealt with current events - politics, celebrities, etc. - sort of a live stage version SNL. The songs included "The Funnies", in which comic strip characters came to life, and Berlin's classic "Easter Parade." The line "the photographer will snap us, and you'll find that you're in the rotogravure" refers to the magazine section of the Sunday paper, the "rotogravure" is a section filled with photographs.