The Newsies on Broadway!!

I haven't been this excited to see a show since Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal went back to Rent in 2007!  As a dedicated Newsies fan who has watched the movie more times than I can ever count this is a dream come true!  I have to confess that I still own and watch my VHS version of the movie that I got about 15 years ago, it's been eaten by the VCR many times and if you stop it in the middle it won't start again, but I just don't have the heart to throw it out lol.

The Newsies started previews in The Nederlander Theater (same theater Rent was in for 12 years) on Thursday March 15.  I bought tickets on Friday the 16th and was surprised to see that every Friday and Saturday for the 3 month run had already sold out (except a few single seats)!  So I quickly bought the best seats I could find for the Sunday April 15 show.

Lucky for anyone who hasn't gotten tickets yet the show announced today that they will ALREADY be extending the 3 month engagement by over 2 months!  It will now run until August 19.  I would recommend you buy tickets ASAP to make sure you get them, although  I'm predicting it's going to be another Anything Goes and extend its run multiple times, but you never know for sure.

Newsies lottery on preview opening night

If you're feeling lucky, The Newsies also has a lottery for $30 that's pulled 2 hours before each performance.  As someone who buys almost all my tickets through lotteries and rushes I was hoping the Newsies' lottery would at least be empty for the first few weeks so that I have a chance of winning.... but the gigantic crowd on Thursday (first preview) totally squashed that idea.  I'm still planning on trying as often as I can but I'm glad I bought tickets to make sure I don't miss this!

Stay tuned for my review of the show on April 15, hopefully it lives up to the movie and blows me away!  In the mean time enjoy the clip below of my favorite Newsies song... this will have to hold me over for the next couple weeks.