SECRET GAMES 1992 MOVIE YOUTUBE PROFESSIONAL
The “Newsies! Newsies! See all about it!” featurette for the film, narrated by Max Casella who played Racetrack Higgins, detailed the extensive dance training the cast and ensemble underwent as some of them had no prior professional dancing experience, but its clear the training could not create years of professional experience. Critics felt the story moved at a languid pace, with the peak highlights being the larger, more energetic ensemble numbers like “Seize the Day” and “King of New York.” And while the cast was overflowing in boyish charm and enthusiasm, the lack of professional singing or dancing training for a large portion of the cast is evident in many of the performances.
RELATED: Watch Hugh Jackman Tease His Return to Broadway for 'The Music Man'Īt the time of the film’s original release, Newsies was critically panned and performed poorly in the box office, making back less than $3 million of its $15 million budget - and it’s not hard to see why. With the help of the brainy, if slightly awkward David Jacobs ( David Moscow in the original film, and Ben Fankhauser in the original Broadway cast, the newsboys of New York strike against the publishing tycoons, Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, after they raised the price of newspapers for the newsies, as at the time the newsies had to buy them from the distributors to resell on the streets. In this version, the strike is led by Jack Kelly ( Christian Balein the original film, and Jeremy Jordan in the original Broadway cast), the charismatic union organizer who dreams of leaving the city of New York to move out west to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Originally premiering in 1992 with music by Alan Menken, and marking Kenny Ortega’s directorial debut, Newsies tells the story of the historical 1899 Newsboy strike.
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