On October 6, students in the 4eme2-3 IDD class attended a performance of Newsies at the Papermill Playhouse in Milburn, NJ. The audience's enthusiastic applause gave strong indications that this Disney production could be a hit if it should come to Broadway in the spring.
The play afforded students the opportunity to discover the history of New York in the nineteenth century through the lives of newsboys who took on the powerful newspaper publisher, Joseph Pulitzer. In addition, they analyzed the elements of musical theater in an interdisciplinary assignment.
In the comments that follow, students provide their own theater reviews with attention to the historical and dramatic elements of the production.
Enjoy a clip from the 1992 film that featured the hit song "Seize the Day," which is in the musical.
