Stop the Presses - Disney's NEWSIES, the musical opens on Broadway

Disney's magic is back on Broadway @ the Nederlander Theatre with NEWSIES the musical.  Just the facts:  the music is by Alan Menken (Little Mermaid, Beauty & the Beast.) The book is by Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song Trilogy and 4 time Tony Award winner.)  The book is based on the true David vs. Goliath story from 1899; the young street urchins from all NYC burrows who deliver the paper to eek out a meager living, band together and form a union to revolt against Mr. Pulitzer, the ruthless publisher, who is taking unfair and costly advantage of these poor young boys (although most would hardly be called boys.)  I do want to give a shout out to the very young and very talented Matthew Schechter.  And, bravo to the charismatic lead, Jeremy Jordan, whose acting and singing kept me glued to the page, I mean stage.  Oh no, I've buried the lead story.  The choreography by Christopher Gattelli (Godspell and South Pacific) and the dancers deserve top billing with one show stopping number after another.   I especially enjoyed the dancers incorporating the newspaper in one of their routines.  EXTRA EXTRA - don't read all about it - rush out and enjoy NEWSIES before it ends its limited engagement.