Substantially retooled for the stage, the show arrived on Broadway in 2012 to favorable press and adoring, capacity audiences. "Newsies" began as a screenplay by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White, but soon after Disney bought it, the decision was made to produce it as a live-action musical. [...] animated musicals were enjoying a resurgence thanks to Disney's "The Little Mermaid" and "Beauty and the Beast," both with Osc…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle at 04:59PM on May 15, 2015