Remember my last trip to New York for the premiere of War Horse?
While I was there, I had some amazing opportunities and the last one I can finally tell you about is the interview we did with Steve Fickinger, VP of Creative Development and Licensing for NEWSIES on Broadway.
The funny thing about this interview was before walking into that room, I had no idea what Newsies was. I’d never even heard of it before. But I was quickly intrigued when the first sentences out of Steve’s mouth were “I am thrilled to talk to you all about Newsies for a couple reasons. First of all, I love the show, and second of all, I’ve been working on it for seven years.”
Surely, he didn’t really mean seven years…right? Um, yep, he did….
I can’t imagine working on something for seven years before seeing the final outcome. That has to take some incredible patience.
You can tell that he is incredibly proud with what he has done with Newsies and after seeing my first musical, I hope I have the opportunity to see this one too. “I’m really, really proud of the show and in the best sense of the word, I think, an old fashioned musical. It has tap dancing, it has dancing, it has soaring ballets, it’s got toe tapping tunes”, he said during our interview.
With the amazing talent of Alan Menken and Harvey Fierstein, I’m expecting Newsies to be quite a hit. And since Steve thinks it will come to Houston, I’ll be able to see it practically in my backyard.
Advance tickets go on sale starting January 30th, and opens on Broadway March 29th. Newsies is currently scheduled to run until June 10th.
And just as a little tease, Steve is working on Alice in Wonderland and Night Before Christmas!
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Sometimes the production time on a project like this is crazy! I can imagine how thrilled he is to see it finally come to fruition.
I am fairly sure I remember this movie on Disney when I was a kid! I loved their hats then and love them even more now, LOL!
If it ends up in Houston, I’m flying to your house and we’re going together!
This sounds awesome!
I can’t wait to see this.
Ooh, I’m looking forward to it, it looks fabulous!
I hated the movie when it came out but I’m really excited about the musical
What a fun production!
Would love to see this musical, how exciting!
I hope I get a chance to see this one – it looks fabulous.
His passion for Newsies and Broadway was so unmistakable. I hope they bring it to Chicago. I would love to go with my Mom
I’d love to see it!
I’d love to go see that!
Oh my, this is definitely a must see! I loved Newsies!
I love musicals. I hope it comes here!