The Chester County Youth Theater will be performing the Disney musical ‘Newsies Jr.’ at the Williams Auditorium in Henderson.

Music Direction by Charles Santoro. Based on the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899, this musical tells the story of Jack Kelly, a rebellious newsboy who dreams of a life as an artist away from the ...

July, 1899: When Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph ... are outraged. Inspired by the strike put on by the trolley workers, Jack "Cowboy" Kelly (Christian Bale) organizes a newsboys' strike.

The show is inspired by the real newsboy strike of 1899. The musical is about street kids so street music seemed right to the direction team. “It didn’t feel authentic to have these characters ...

The show, based on the real Newsboys Strike of 1899, is about a group of “newsies” (plucky, hardscrabble children and young adults who sell newspapers) in New York City.

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