In 1992 Disney released the movie “Newsies” starring Christian Bale and directed by Kenny Ortega. Now, composer Alan Menken, who worked on the score for Disney’s “Beauty And The Beast,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Aladdin,” “Newsies” and more, has collaborated with Harvey Fierstein and Jack Feldman and is working on a stage adaptation of the Disney musical movie.
Here’s what Alan had to say about the adaptation:
Yeah, it is in development. What it’s going to be is — honestly, right now — undetermined. I think Disney is still trying to decide whether it’s a first-class production or whether it’s stock and amateur. But there will be available a stage musical of Newsies. That’s all I can say. I’ve been writing it with Harvey Fierstein and Jack Feldman. [How it emerges is] just gonna be [a] business decision of how Disney wants to proceed with it. But yes, we are developing it. We’re having a very successful collaboration. We’re all having a great time. We already had a 29-hour reading…in May. I don’t think Disney knows yet what it’s going to be.
Are you excited that “Newsies” will be coming to the stage?
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