Newsies

ST. MARK’S DRAMA PROGRAM PRESENTS DISNEY’S NEWSIES

The full cast at the curtain call

The Upper School Drama Department “carried the banner” in their winter musical Newsies. Set in New York

City at the turn of the century, the musical followed a ragtag crew of newsboys who go on strike when publisher Joseph Pulitzer tries to raise the price of newspapers. And while a winter storm delayed some of the showings, the cast and crew proved that “the show must go on,” staging four sold-out performances.

(clockwise from top left) The cast performs “Seize the Day,” ‘Crutchie’ (Winston Miller ’24) composing a letter, ‘Race’ (Lukas Palys ’25) and newsies celebrating their newfound fame, Jack Kelly (Xander Bowles ’22) and Joseph Pulitzer (Owen Simon ’22) agree on terms to settle the strike, and Pulitzer with his associates