Based on Disney’s musical film and the real-life newsboy strike of the 1890s in New York, “Disney’s Newsies Jr.” is a version of the Broadway musical that was brought to life by students in Malibu Middle School. Students in the production included Molly Regan, Vaughn Sloan-Veenstra, Morrison Sloan-Veenstra, Presley Polatin, Ana María Mitrovic, Pixie Jones, Kelly O’Connor, Kona Shorr, Rebecca Rayo, Austin Molina, Albert Joslin, Leila Trujillo, Taylor Murray, Lola Anderson, Sadie Regan, Nixon Riddick, Frances Hughes, Soraya Karimpour, Elizabeth Kim, Jordyn Zimmerman, Priya Batour, Hanna Stajdujar, and Lucas Gonzalez.
The cast for “Newies Jr.” sure kept the audience smiling and laughing all evening and weekend long. Photo by Samantha Bravo/TMT.Īudience members couldn’t stop grinning and clapping during Newsie Austin Molina’s performance of “Brooklyn’s Here.” Crutchie (right), played by Josh Bellamy, and Jack Kelly, played by Nick Ortiz, (left) are shown during “Disney’s Newsies Jr.” on Thursday, Feb. Crutchie (left), played by Josh Bellamy, and Jack Kelly, played by Nick Ortiz, are shown during “Disney’s Newsies Jr.” on Thursday, Feb. His performance in “Santa Fe” was inspiring and engaging. Ortiz delivered a charming and delightful performance as he led the Newsies to stand up for their rights. The stage, costumes, and props were creative and captivating. The music, combined with the dancing, was energetic and uplifting. Twenty-seven Malibu students come together to sing, dance, jump, flip, and cartwheel on stage as they create a movement to fight for what’s right. Over the weekend, audience members joined Jack Kelly, played by Nick Ortiz Crutchie, played by Josh Bellamy, and Katherine played by Sophia Rodriguez and the Newsies as they made newsworthy “papes,” form a union, take on the world, and seize the day. In the musical, and in history, when powerful newspaper publishers like Joseph Pulitzer, played by Ella Newman, raise paper prices at the newsboys’ expense, their charismatic leader, Jack Kelly, rallied other newsies to strike against the unfair conditions. Over the weekend, audience members joined Jack Kelly, played by Nick Ortiz Crutchie, played by Josh Bellamy, and Katherine played by Sophia Rodriguez and the Newsies as they made newsworthy “papes,” form a union, take on the world, and seize the day.īased on Disney’s musical film and the real-life newsboy strike of the 1890s in New York, “Disney’s Newsies Jr.” is a version of the Broadway musical that was brought to life by students in Malibu Middle School. It’s 1899 in New York City and “Newsies” are overworked, underpaid, and are being treated like garbage.
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