Disney's New Musical "Newsies" - Twenty-Two Miles to Broadway
A movie musical flop from the '90s is set against the dawn of the 20th century in New York City, chronicling the Newsboy Strike of 1899, but the latest stage incarnation of Newsies feels as timely as anything in today's headlines. In fact, this new musical from Disney wunderkind Alan Menkin, with lyrics by Jack Feldman and a terrific book by Harvey Fierstein, not only reflects the present day troubles of that corpora…