Event

Small Town Theatrics: Newsies

Small Town Theatrics presents:
NEWSIES!

Set in New York City at the turn of the century, NEWSIES is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged newsies, who dreams only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies newsies from across the city to strike for whats right

NEWSIES is inspired by the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899, when newsboy Kid Blink led a band of orphan and runaway newsies on a two-week-long action against Pulitzer, Hearst and other powerful newspaper publishers.

Performances:
Thursday, July 26 at 7PM
Friday, July 27 at 7PM
Saturday, July 28 at 2PM & 7PM
Sunday, July 29 at 2PM

Location:
Coal City Performing Arts Center
655 W Division St.
Coal City, IL 60416

Tickets: $10

Music by: Alan Menken
Book by: Harvey Fierstein
Lyrics by: Jack Feldman