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Newsies

musical composed by Alan Menken, with book by Harvey Fierstein and lyrics by Jack Feldman;
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Newsies

Summary

Newsies is a dramatico-musical work[1]. Newsies ranks in the top 3% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,133 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Newsies's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work[3].
  • Newsies was directed by Jeff Calhoun[4].
  • Harvey Fierstein wrote the screenplay for Newsies[5].
  • Newsies's composer is recorded as Alan Menken[6].
  • Newsies's librettist is recorded as Harvey Fierstein[7].
  • Newsies's based on is recorded as Newsies[8].
  • Newsies's production company is recorded as Disney on Broadway[9].
  • Newsies's Commons category is recorded as Newsies (musical)[10].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Jack Kelly[11].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Joseph Pulitzer[12].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Katherine Plumber[13].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Davey Jacobs[14].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Medda Larkin[15].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Crutchie[16].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Les Jacobs[17].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Spot Conlon[18].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Race[19].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Romeo[20].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Albert[21].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Specs[22].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Finch[23].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Wiesel / Mr. Jacobi / Mayor[24].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Oscar Delancey[25].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Morris Delancey[26].
  • Newsies's characters is recorded as Seitz[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Musical[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e4256f43-ec80-4b26-a8dd-b315c25ca589[29]

Why It Matters

Newsies ranks in the top 3% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,133 views/month).[2] Newsies has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

Related Entities

Alan Menken Harvey Fierstein

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Newsies. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/newsies-q7019676
MLA “Newsies.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/newsies-q7019676.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_newsies-q7019676_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Newsies}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/newsies-q7019676}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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