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** DownplayedTrope. Medda allows the boys to hide in her theater and use it to host their rally. She also offers to pay Jack for his paintings. Some nuns give the boys free drinks and are on first name basis with them. Finally [[spoiler: Theodore Roosevelt shows up in full support of the newsboys and has Snyder arrested for abusing juvenile inmates.]]
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** DownplayedTrope. Some nuns give the boys free drinks. Medda allows the boys to hide in her theater and use it to host their rally. She also offers to pay Jack for his paintings. Some nuns give the boys free drinks and are on first name basis with them. Finally Finally, [[spoiler: Theodore Roosevelt shows up in full support of the newsboys and has Snyder arrested for abusing juvenile inmates.]]
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** DownplayedTrope. Medda allows Jack, David and Les to hide in her theater and offers to pay Jack for his paintings; the nuns give the boys free drinks; and [[spoiler: Theodore Roosevelt shows up in full support of the newsboys and has Snyder arrested for abusing juvenile inmates.]]
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** DownplayedTrope. Medda allows Jack, David and Les the boys to hide in her theater and use it to host their rally. She also offers to pay Jack for his paintings; the paintings. Some nuns give the boys free drinks; drinks and are on first name basis with them. Finally [[spoiler: Theodore Roosevelt shows up in full support of the newsboys and has Snyder arrested for abusing juvenile inmates.]]
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** Downplayed. Medda allows Jack, David and Les to hide in her theater and offers to pay Jack for his paintings; the nuns give the boys free drinks; and [[spoiler: Theodore Roosevelt shows up in full support of the newsboys and has Snyder arrested for abusing juvenile inmates.]]
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** Downplayed.DownplayedTrope. Medda allows Jack, David and Les to hide in her theater and offers to pay Jack for his paintings; the nuns give the boys free drinks; and [[spoiler: Theodore Roosevelt shows up in full support of the newsboys and has Snyder arrested for abusing juvenile inmates.]]
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** Downplayed. Medda allows Jack, David and Les to hide in her theater and offers to pay Jack for his paintings; the nuns give the boys free drinks; and [[spoiler: Theodore Roosevelt shows up in full support of the newsboys and has Snyder arrested for abusing juvenile inmates.]]
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* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Most of the cast. It's implied that some of them had this happen more recently than others.
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* GoodParents: Several examples even when taking AdultsAreUseless into account.
** Implied with Mr. Kelly. Jack says he worked himself to an early grave and taught him not to starve.
** David and Les think well enough of their parents to provide for them after their father sustained a work injury. Furthermore, their impromptu dinner invite to Jack suggests their parents have no problem with unexpected guests.
** [[spoiler: Mr. Pulitzer is fully supportive of Katherine’s career, even if he doesn’t understand why she wants one.]]
** Averted with the Delancey brothers, one of whom claims their father never took care of them.
** Implied with Mr. Kelly. Jack says he worked himself to an early grave and taught him not to starve.
** David and Les think well enough of their parents to provide for them after their father sustained a work injury. Furthermore, their impromptu dinner invite to Jack suggests their parents have no problem with unexpected guests.
** [[spoiler: Mr. Pulitzer is fully supportive of Katherine’s career, even if he doesn’t understand why she wants one.]]
** Averted with the Delancey brothers, one of whom claims their father never took care of them.
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* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: [[spoiler: This is how Pulitzer convinces Jack to betray the strike: he threatens to have Crutchie beaten while he’s in the Refuge, and have Les and David’s father fired.]]
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* TenMinuteRetirement: ''twice'' for Jack: the first at the beginning of Act II, when he hides in the burlesque theater painting backdrops following the riot, and the second [[spoiler:after Pulitzer threatens to hurt David, Les, Crutchie, and the other newsboys if Jack doesn't give up the strike]]. Both are ended fairly quickly: by David, Les, and Kathrine the first time, and [[spoiler:Kathrine kissing him]] for the second.
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* TrueCompanions: The newsboys are like this; they refer to each other brothers several times throughout the narrative.
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* MaliciousMisnaming: Jack refers to his boss Weisel as Weasel.
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* RoleReprisal: Given that the play ran from 2011-2017, it would be easier to name the performers who ''didn’t'' return at some point.
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* ChivalrousPervert: Jack shamelessly flirts with Katherine, even after her initial rejection, but he trusts her journalism skills and outright says he would never hit a woman.
** Romeo (and all the boys, to an extent) count as they clearly enjoy having a pretty girl around but are courteous towards her. Eventually, her gender becomes irrelevant to them.
** Romeo (and all the boys, to an extent) count as they clearly enjoy having a pretty girl around but are courteous towards her. Eventually, her gender becomes irrelevant to them.
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* ChivalrousPervert: Jack shamelessly flirts with Katherine, even after her initial rejection, but and he trusts her journalism skills and outright says he would never hit a woman.
** Romeo (and all the boys, to an extent) count as they clearly enjoy having a pretty girl aroundbut and are courteous towards her. Eventually, her gender becomes irrelevant to them.
** Romeo (and all the boys, to an extent) count as they clearly enjoy having a pretty girl around
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* {{Tsundere}}: Katherine is this towards Jack; her solo song even has a whole segment devoted to her conflicting feelings.
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* WouldntHitAGirl: Jack. When he's ticked-off at Katherine, he laments something along the lines of "Oh, if you weren't a girl ..."
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* WouldntHitAGirl: Jack. When he's ticked-off at Katherine, he laments something along the lines of "Oh, if you weren't a girl ...""
* WritersBlock: Katherine has a brief case of this during her solo.
* WritersBlock: Katherine has a brief case of this during her solo.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Race is the champion of this trope.
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* DirtyKid: Les really enjoys looking at the showgirls.
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* MouthyKid: Les, in spades. The way he threatens Mr. Pulitzer to his guard's faces really sells it.
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* CharacterDevelopment: David goes from being reluctant to join the strike to being one its most ardent supporters.
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* PintSizedPowerhouse: Spot Conlon, the leader of the Brooklyn newsies who intimidates all of Manhatten, is among the shortest of the cast.
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-->'''Race:''' Am-scray, punk, Shes the king of New York!
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-->'''Race:''' Am-scray, punk, Shes She's the king of New York!
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** "Good Ol' [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack]]." Oh, Disney . . .
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* WouldntHitAGirl: Jack. When he's ticked-off at Katherine, he laments something along the lines of "Oh, if you weren't a girl . . ."
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** Crutchie may be the ''only'' character who doesn't qualify as this at least once.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Race is the champion of this trope.
** Katherine is this whenever she's dealing with Jack.
** Katherine is this whenever she's dealing with Jack.
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* ChivalrousPervert: Jack shamelessly flirts with Katherine, even after her initial rejection, but he trusts her journalism skills and outright says he would never hit a woman.
** Romeo (and all the boys, to an extent) count as they clearly enjoy having a pretty girl around but are courteous towards her. Eventually, her gender becomes irrelevant to them.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Katherine is this towards Jack; her solo song even has a whole segment devoted to her conflicting feelings.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Jack landed himself in juvie trying to provide food and clothes for his fellow newsboys.
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Unlike most Broadway musicals adapted from Disney movies, Disney actually filmed it for prosperity, in 2016. This recording received a limited run in movie theaters, followed by digital distribution and streaming releases.
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Unlike most Broadway musicals adapted from Disney movies, Disney actually filmed it ''Newsies'' for prosperity, in 2016. This recording received a limited run in movie theaters, followed by digital distribution and streaming releases.
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'''Newsies''' is a 2012 stage musical produced by Disney. It is an adaptation of the [[Film/{{Newsies}} critically-panned but beloved 1992 film]] that follows the story of a group of newsboys in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity in 1899, who strike against the city's biggest newspapers and their publishers after the price of newspapers goes up. Led by Jack Kelly, a charismatic and brash 17-year-old with a hidden soft side, the boys fight to expand their movement with the help of a Katherine Plumber, a young, ambitious reporter. Even as he leads the striking newsboys alongside new friend Davey Jacobs, Jack longs to escape the weary life of industrial New York and dreams of the broad horizons of Santa Fe...
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* HiddenDepths: Jack, the rough-and-tumble paperboy, is also a skilled artist, who gives Katherine an impromptu sketch he made during their second meeting, and also painted a couple of stage backdrops for Medda. [[spoiler: In the end, Hearst, having seen his work, offers him a job as a political cartoonist.]]
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* HiddenDepths: Jack, the rough-and-tumble paperboy, is also a skilled artist, who gives Katherine an impromptu sketch he made during their second meeting, and also painted a couple of stage backdrops for Medda. [[spoiler: In the end, Hearst, Pulitzer, having seen his work, offers him a job as a political cartoonist.]]
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* LeaveYourQuestTest: In the second act, Hearst and Snyder corner Jack and give him the option of either going back to Snyder's refuge, or getting paid off to disavow the strike and take the opportunity to leave New York behind and go to Santa Fe. [[spoiler: Jack takes them up on their offer, but later changes his mind and gives Hearst his money back.]]
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* LeaveYourQuestTest: In the second act, Hearst Pulitzer and Snyder corner Jack and give him the option of either going back to Snyder's refuge, or getting paid off to disavow the strike and take the opportunity to leave New York behind and go to Santa Fe. [[spoiler: Jack takes them up on their offer, but later changes his mind and gives Hearst Pulitzer his money back.]]
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* LeaveYourQuestTest: In the second act, Hearst and Snyder corner Jack and give him the option of either going back to Snyder's refuge, or getting paid off to disavow the strike and take the opportunity to leave New York behind and go to Santa Fe. [[spoiler: Jack takes them up on their offer, but later changes his mind and gives Hearst his money back.]]
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* HiddenDepths: Jack, the rough-and-tumble paperboy, is also a skilled artist, who gives Katherine an impromptu sketch he made during their second meeting, and also painted a couple of stage backdrops for Medda. [[spoiler: In the end, Hearst, having seen his work, offers him a job as a political cartoonist.]]
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* PintSizedPowerhouse: Spot Conlon, the leader of the Brooklyn newsies who intimidates all of Manhatten, is among the shortest of the cast.
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* ShoutOut: "Good Ol' [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack]]." Oh, Disney . . .
** Also, it may be a coincidence, but "Is that even legal?" (said by Katherine during "Watch What Happens") is also a line from Kenny Ortega's later Disney musical HighSchoolMusical.
** Also, it may be a coincidence, but "Is that even legal?" (said by Katherine during "Watch What Happens") is also a line from Kenny Ortega's later Disney musical HighSchoolMusical.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** "Good Ol'[[PiratesOfTheCaribbean [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack]]." Oh, Disney . . .
** Also, it may be a coincidence, but "Is that even legal?" (said by Katherine during "Watch What Happens") is also a line from Kenny Ortega's later Disney musicalHighSchoolMusical.''Film/HighSchoolMusical''.
** "Good Ol'
** Also, it may be a coincidence, but "Is that even legal?" (said by Katherine during "Watch What Happens") is also a line from Kenny Ortega's later Disney musical
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* FinalLoveDuet: Jack and Katherine sing "Something To Believe In" about two-thirds of the way through Act 2, finally admitting the feelings that have been developing throughout the story.
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* TheCavalry: Spot Conlon and his Brooklyn newsies show up as reinforcements late in Act 2.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Pulitzer doesn't care about much besides his "bottom line," and is all too happy to make life harder on a bunch of impoverished children just to increase his profits.
* DarkReprise: The first time we hear "Santa Fe," it's a hopeful song of longing in the prologue. The second time, it's an angry, broken plea to just run away.
* FaceHeelTurn: A forced instance. When the strike looks like it's succeeding, Pulitzer [[spoiler:hauls Jack in and offers him money in exchange for him giving up on the strike. Jack's not interested until Pulitzer threatens Jack's friend and co-leader, David, and David's brothers; then he caves, and shows up at the newsies' rally to speak against continuing the strike and urge them to settle. One of Pulitzer's goons hands him money as he leaves. It doesn't last.]]
* DarkReprise: The first time we hear "Santa Fe," it's a hopeful song of longing in the prologue. The second time, it's an angry, broken plea to just run away.
* FaceHeelTurn: A forced instance. When the strike looks like it's succeeding, Pulitzer [[spoiler:hauls Jack in and offers him money in exchange for him giving up on the strike. Jack's not interested until Pulitzer threatens Jack's friend and co-leader, David, and David's brothers; then he caves, and shows up at the newsies' rally to speak against continuing the strike and urge them to settle. One of Pulitzer's goons hands him money as he leaves. It doesn't last.]]
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* IAmGreatSong: "King of New York".
* IAmSong: The newsies collectively get one in the opening number, "Carrying the Banner", which explains their working life:
-->''When the bell rings
-->We goes where we wishes
-->We's as free as fishes
-->Sure beats washing dishes
-->What a fine life
-->Carrying the banner home-free all!''
* IChooseToStay: Jack has always dreamed of going to Santa Fe, [[spoiler: but the offer of a job as a political cartoonist, combined with the persuasion of Davey, Crutchie, and Katherine, convinces him to stay.]]
* IAmSong: The newsies collectively get one in the opening number, "Carrying the Banner", which explains their working life:
-->''When the bell rings
-->We goes where we wishes
-->We's as free as fishes
-->Sure beats washing dishes
-->What a fine life
-->Carrying the banner home-free all!''
* IChooseToStay: Jack has always dreamed of going to Santa Fe, [[spoiler: but the offer of a job as a political cartoonist, combined with the persuasion of Davey, Crutchie, and Katherine, convinces him to stay.]]
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The show takes delight in snarking about itself. One highlight mocks Jack's "Santa Fe" motif:
-->'''Jack:''' With the strike settled, I should probably be hittin' the road.
-->'''Davey:''' Don't you ever get tired of singing the same old tune?
-->'''Jack:''' With the strike settled, I should probably be hittin' the road.
-->'''Davey:''' Don't you ever get tired of singing the same old tune?
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[[caption-width-right:316:Now is the time to seize the day!]]
->''"There's change comin' once and for all, you makes the front page, and man, you is major news. Tomorrow they'll see who we are, and sure as a star, we ain't come this far to lose!"''
'''Newsies''' is a 2012 stage musical produced by Disney. It is an adaptation of the [[Film/{{Newsies}} critically-panned but beloved 1992 film]] that follows the story of a group of newsboys in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity in 1899, who strike against the city's biggest newspapers and their publishers after the price of newspapers goes up. Led by Jack Kelly, a charismatic and brash 17-year-old with a hidden soft side, the boys fight to expand their movement with the help of a Katherine Plumber, a young, ambitious reporter. Even as he leads the striking newsboys alongside new friend Davey Jacobs, Jack longs to escape the weary life of industrial New York and dreams of the broad horizons of Santa Fe...
With an expanded score by original songwriters Alan Menken and Jack Feldman and a book by Harvey Fierstein, the production initially began as a regional production at the Papermill Playhouse, intended solely to polish the material and give it prestige for purposes of licensing for high school and regional productions. Instead, fan and critical response was positive enough to convince Disney to move it to Broadway for a limited run, which, following a wave of enthusiasm and positive press, turned into an open-ended run of over 1,000 performances. It garnered several Tony nominations and won two, for Best Original Score (Menken's first Tony) and Best Choreography.
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!!This musical provides examples of:
* AdultsAreUseless: Unless one counts Katherine (who is barely older than the newsboys herself), the bulk of the work is done by the pre-teen and teenaged newsies themselves.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Jack has a lot more angst over [[spoiler: Crutchie getting captured and injured]] than he does in the movie.
* AdaptationDistillation: Jack's brief time as a scab is tied in better to the plot, by making him realize how important he is to the strike as a leader everyone else can get behind.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Telling that [[spoiler: Jack and Katherine's]] first kiss is in the middle of a shouting match.
* BigShutUp: Katherine gets a ''beautiful'' one when Jack continues their argument after [[spoiler: they kiss.]]
--> '''Katherine:''' Now would be a good time for you to ''shut up!''
* BSODSong: The stage musical's version of "Santa Fe" might be this given that Jack [[spoiler: is flipping out with guilt and angst over Crutchie being beaten up and arrested.]]
* CompositeCharacter: Katherine absorbs the roles of [[LoveInterest Sarah Jacobs]] and [[IntrepidReporter Bryan Denton]] from the movie.
* GenderFlip: Given that Katherine is a composite of a male and female character from the film, the male character's role got this treatment.
* HesBack:
--> "We've got faith!"
--> "We've got the plan!"
--> "And we've got Jack!"
--> "So just watch what happens . . .
--> We're back!"
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jack and Crutchie, and also Jack and David, by the end.
* IntrepidReporter: Katherine Plumber becomes invested in the newsies' revolution and works hard to get their story out.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Katherine is Pulitzer's daughter.]] Not a totally straight example, as both of them know it from the start, but the other protagonists sure don't.
* PluckyGirl: Katherine, again. She braves a couple of scuffles, writes what she believes, helps to cheer up Jack, and defies Pulitzer's printing ban and [[spoiler: parental ban on seeing Jack.]]
* ThePollyanna: Crutchie is visibly upset about once in this show, and Jack quickly cheers him. The rest of the time he's smiling like crazy and is one of the most spirited supporters of the strike.
* PowerTrio: Jack, David and Katherine give off this vibe as strike leaders.
* SerialRomeo: Romeo, fittingly enough.
* SheIsTheKing: Thanks to the GenderFlip above, "King of New York" ends up [[InvokedTrope invoking]] this for Katherine's part.
-->'''Race:''' Am-scray, punk, Shes the king of New York!
-->'''Katherine:''' [[LampshadeHanging Whod'a thunk!]] I'm the king of New York!
* ShoutOut: "Good Ol' [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack]]." Oh, Disney . . .
** Also, it may be a coincidence, but "Is that even legal?" (said by Katherine during "Watch What Happens") is also a line from Kenny Ortega's later Disney musical HighSchoolMusical.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Katherine Plumber.
* StarvingArtist: Jack is given shades of this.
* VagueAge: How old is Katherine? Old enough to be a reporter, young enough to be an honorary member of a children's crusade (thereby playing AdultsAreUseless straighter) and [[spoiler: start a relationship with 17-year-old Jack.]]
* VillainSong: "The Bottom Line"
* WouldntHitAGirl: Jack. When he's ticked-off at Katherine, he laments something along the lines of "Oh, if you weren't a girl . . ."
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->''"There's change comin' once and for all, you makes the front page, and man, you is major news. Tomorrow they'll see who we are, and sure as a star, we ain't come this far to lose!"''
'''Newsies''' is a 2012 stage musical produced by Disney. It is an adaptation of the [[Film/{{Newsies}} critically-panned but beloved 1992 film]] that follows the story of a group of newsboys in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity in 1899, who strike against the city's biggest newspapers and their publishers after the price of newspapers goes up. Led by Jack Kelly, a charismatic and brash 17-year-old with a hidden soft side, the boys fight to expand their movement with the help of a Katherine Plumber, a young, ambitious reporter. Even as he leads the striking newsboys alongside new friend Davey Jacobs, Jack longs to escape the weary life of industrial New York and dreams of the broad horizons of Santa Fe...
With an expanded score by original songwriters Alan Menken and Jack Feldman and a book by Harvey Fierstein, the production initially began as a regional production at the Papermill Playhouse, intended solely to polish the material and give it prestige for purposes of licensing for high school and regional productions. Instead, fan and critical response was positive enough to convince Disney to move it to Broadway for a limited run, which, following a wave of enthusiasm and positive press, turned into an open-ended run of over 1,000 performances. It garnered several Tony nominations and won two, for Best Original Score (Menken's first Tony) and Best Choreography.
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!!This musical provides examples of:
* AdultsAreUseless: Unless one counts Katherine (who is barely older than the newsboys herself), the bulk of the work is done by the pre-teen and teenaged newsies themselves.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Jack has a lot more angst over [[spoiler: Crutchie getting captured and injured]] than he does in the movie.
* AdaptationDistillation: Jack's brief time as a scab is tied in better to the plot, by making him realize how important he is to the strike as a leader everyone else can get behind.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Telling that [[spoiler: Jack and Katherine's]] first kiss is in the middle of a shouting match.
* BigShutUp: Katherine gets a ''beautiful'' one when Jack continues their argument after [[spoiler: they kiss.]]
--> '''Katherine:''' Now would be a good time for you to ''shut up!''
* BSODSong: The stage musical's version of "Santa Fe" might be this given that Jack [[spoiler: is flipping out with guilt and angst over Crutchie being beaten up and arrested.]]
* CompositeCharacter: Katherine absorbs the roles of [[LoveInterest Sarah Jacobs]] and [[IntrepidReporter Bryan Denton]] from the movie.
* GenderFlip: Given that Katherine is a composite of a male and female character from the film, the male character's role got this treatment.
* HesBack:
--> "We've got faith!"
--> "We've got the plan!"
--> "And we've got Jack!"
--> "So just watch what happens . . .
--> We're back!"
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jack and Crutchie, and also Jack and David, by the end.
* IntrepidReporter: Katherine Plumber becomes invested in the newsies' revolution and works hard to get their story out.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Katherine is Pulitzer's daughter.]] Not a totally straight example, as both of them know it from the start, but the other protagonists sure don't.
* PluckyGirl: Katherine, again. She braves a couple of scuffles, writes what she believes, helps to cheer up Jack, and defies Pulitzer's printing ban and [[spoiler: parental ban on seeing Jack.]]
* ThePollyanna: Crutchie is visibly upset about once in this show, and Jack quickly cheers him. The rest of the time he's smiling like crazy and is one of the most spirited supporters of the strike.
* PowerTrio: Jack, David and Katherine give off this vibe as strike leaders.
* SerialRomeo: Romeo, fittingly enough.
* SheIsTheKing: Thanks to the GenderFlip above, "King of New York" ends up [[InvokedTrope invoking]] this for Katherine's part.
-->'''Race:''' Am-scray, punk, Shes the king of New York!
-->'''Katherine:''' [[LampshadeHanging Whod'a thunk!]] I'm the king of New York!
* ShoutOut: "Good Ol' [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack]]." Oh, Disney . . .
** Also, it may be a coincidence, but "Is that even legal?" (said by Katherine during "Watch What Happens") is also a line from Kenny Ortega's later Disney musical HighSchoolMusical.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Katherine Plumber.
* StarvingArtist: Jack is given shades of this.
* VagueAge: How old is Katherine? Old enough to be a reporter, young enough to be an honorary member of a children's crusade (thereby playing AdultsAreUseless straighter) and [[spoiler: start a relationship with 17-year-old Jack.]]
* VillainSong: "The Bottom Line"
* WouldntHitAGirl: Jack. When he's ticked-off at Katherine, he laments something along the lines of "Oh, if you weren't a girl . . ."
