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‘Newsies’ kicks up some musical fun

Disney’s energized take on the 1899 carrier strike opens Friday
Elizabeth Warnimont

“Extra! Extra! Newsies win game-changing battle with big media!” Thoroughly Modern Productions brings the high drama and hijinks of turn-of-the-century, history-making paper boys—and girls—to the stage in “Newsies,” a Disney musical based on real events following the Spanish-American War of 1898. The audience can follow the fun and fury as bottom-tier newspaper employees struggle to […]

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Midnight Radio

Hedwig puts the wig back on her head
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

The Angry Inch slowly comes on stage, tuning instruments while the bassist banters with the audience in her thick, German accent. Hedwig’s assistant, husband and backup singer Yitzhak (played by director JoEllen Ussery) comes to the stage to say that Hedwig is in the dressing room, being a diva again and the show will start […]

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Cannibal: The Musical

2nd Street’s Sweeney Todd fills the belly
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

Sweeney Todd is just your average comedic/dramatic thriller about vengeance, insanity, murder and cannibalism. Yeah, as if that’s a genre! Actually, Sweeney Todd has always been one of the weirdest—and most enduring—shows ever to grace the stages of Broadway or the West End as it swings wildly between camp, comedy, drama and outright horror. Part […]

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