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SIMULATED DWELLING OF FIVE BY DAVID JACOB (1970)

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my next few posts will be for @diorgirl444 bc she doesn't have tiktok & wants to see my newsies edits🤭 || also these are all a little old so play nice </3

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A brief note on the Newsies Novel

(Read it here)

Mayer worked at a piano factory

Sarah is 16

David is 15

Les is 8

Jack is 16

Jack is Irish

Davey is confirmed as Jewish (!!!!!)

Snyder is described as ‘Cadaverous’ 

They run across a plank, Jack is described as having the confidence of a high wire artist WHILE CARRYING AN 8 YEAR OLD

Snyder’s first name is Nigel, and Jack knows this

Jack stores his money in a tobacco tin behind a loose brick

Jack also has a picture of his parents, at a fake photo booth from Coney (Side note: This was very common back then. I have pictures of my family in the exact same style)

Oscar and Morris take delight in beating up newsies (pg 42)

Davey has the most idea what a strike is, which isn’t a lot

Pulitzer has a ‘legendarily icey heart’

Denton meets the boys at ‘Tibby’s’, not Jacobi’s

Blink takes Harlem

Racetrack takes Times Square

Crutchie takes the Bronx

Pie Eater and Snoddy take the East Side

Specs and Skittery take Queens

“We’ll tell you all about it when we get back.” “If we get back”

“A red haired, freckled gnome in a bowler hat that was a size too big for him” Spot Conlon’s introduction gentlefolk

Jack lassoes a chimney

Jack brought a railroad nail to a prison breakout

Snyder cleaned up the Refuge prior to Teddy Roseavelt came

Jack doesn’t think he’ll do anything about the Refuge now

Jack believes he’s unworthy of any kind of love

He also just stands there for a while after Sarah kisses him

Jack’s father is in a state penitentiary, not dead

Overall the rest is the same

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Ramblings About What I Loved In A Live Production of Newsies I Had The Chance to See

I loved! Everything this cast did so much I'm so thrilled I had the chance to see it

Three's The Day was real with this cast okay

There were several times I had to twist my head away freaking out because I was like this is my ship and holy heck I'm too gay to handle this

It was very gay

OKAY so I’m going to ramble about Three's The Day stuff that made me so happy and excited and if you don’t want to listen to that feel free not to read

This is very lengthy

Okay. So it opens with the Santa Fe prologue and Crutchie got up and I immediately adore him

The ladder is like on the right end of the penthouse and Crutchie's climbing down before he tries to reach up to grab his crutch and slips

Jack pushes Crutchie's crutch into his chest and just seemed so panicked and worried about him

Jack blows a raspberry at the streets of New York and giggles and I died inside

He made the funniest voices and faces and was just so playful and cute I can't

Jack and Crutchie sing directly into each other's faces during Santa Fe prologue and always looked like they're about to lean in and kiss

Crutchie just looks so adoringly across the rooftop to Jack the entire time he's singing

Crutchie starts crying a little after the "watch me run" instead of just his face falling and tries to hide his face bc this is Jack Kelly and he can't let Jack see him cry and Jack just runs over and pulls him into a hug and rests his hand over Crutchie's heart and sings so tenderly to him

The transition into Carrying the Banner is great

The towers were so cool! They had to hook/unhook little door things to connect or wall up the areas and it was really cool to watch

Their Race is so fun

Albert just goes about his activities like it was the easiest flow in the world and grabs Race's cigar so fluidly as if it was part of his routine and Race becomes so indignant

He shrugs a little and like "that's fair" when Albert told him he'd steal another

All the boys are just so cute through the whole explanations

Albert just gestures like his brain exploded and "duh! That's so obvious" after the whole "any banker, bum, or barber"

In Carrying the Banner Jack does these little wiggles and shuffles around at the front of the stage with the boys and it was lovely

After the boys scoff and turn away when Crutchie starts singing about his personality Jack runs to him and is super supportive and sweet and pats and hugs him and they were both so smile-y and sweet

Jack was constantly swinging or dancing in the background when he was watching the boys

Crutchie hands Finch his slingshot before he ran up to sing his line

Specs blows a raspberry at the Delanceys and pulls faces at them when they chase after Jack after he knocks them around for going after Crutchie

Wiesel mostly stays Center Stage and yelled out to the boys from there to go where both of the Delanceys have the papes

Davey stops by Crutchie to count his papes and Crutchie is sneaking looks from behind his papers like "oooh what's this?" about Davey

Jack is the one who gets Davey's last paper and crosses to give it to him

After he gets his papes (all 20) he tries to jet for the exit as quickly as possible

He gets stopped by Crutchie talking about Jack and still seems to want to get out of there as soon as he can

Davey shakes his head a little when Les fake cries and sniffles to look sad

Les lights up when Jack goes to spit shake

His jaw just drops and he gasped a little like whoa, we can do that?! He looks so gleeful

It was baby's first show beyond small community theater and he was SO SO AMAZING I ADORE HIM

I'm so sad I can't remember some of the smaller things he did bc I love him

Crutchie is the first one to greet Davey and shakes his hand while Jack starts talking to the other boys and their expressions were just. The sweetest. Davey's little shy smile is the first expression he's shown really beyond like a hand on Les's shoulder and a little protective glance

Les has a limp when he goes up to sell a pape and is fake crying and he doesn't drop it even for a few seconds after she's walked offstage

Jack runs across stage to him and is so thrilled

Davey lingers as far back on stage as he can in most of the scenes

Jack's delivery of "I said he heard it right here and he did" was so great

Davey starts to walk off stage when Les blurts out "doesn't everyone" and Davey fumbles to try to explain to Jack why they're there when he crosses back

Jack panics and Davey immediately is on his heels following without hesitation no matter how much he's seemed to want to get out quickly

When they're running from Snyder Jack guided the Jacobs up the stairs in front of him before going after the cop to try and keep them safe

He shoves the cop back and ran up the other side of towers before Davey and Les meet him in the middle of the balcony thing in Medda's theater

I loved Medda!

Les like

Wiped his arms and hands ALL up and down Jack's painted set in the theater for a while before asking "you pictured that?"

Davey looks a little overwhelmed when the lights came down in the theater and flinches slightly but when he started watching Medda he became really invested and it was cute to watch

Medda's voice is deep and rich and she sung so gorgeously

She interacted with the audience and was just so amazing

Jack stuck around from back on the towers behind her balcony trying to see how Kath reacted to his drawing

Jack and Crutchie are like always chest to chest or hugging or touching at least several times each scene

One of the boys yelled "that's-" and then tries to do the math for what 60 cents per hundred would mean after they see the headline

Davey stays as far back from the boys huddle as he can and is pretty far away when he says "you mean like a strike" and Jack's head just snaps up

Davey keeps talking but seems a little flustered and is trying to keep as much space as he can

Crutchie limps over to Jack as quickly as he can after nominating him president and Jack wrapped an arm around his shoulders and they grinned at each other and it was the sweetest thing

After the boys start talking and gathering close together Davey hovers at the edges like he doesn't know what to do and backs as far off the stage he can muster before Jack asks him "Davey?" and he looks so visibly uncomfortable like he doesn't know how to interact

Davey slowly stepped up onto a stack of newspapers as a few of the boys darted over and gathered around him

He was so happy to be included in the pats and lingering hugs with the newsies and it was the cutest

Crutchie's so excited to beat people up at that one point in World Will know and frantically thrust his crutch in the air for emphasis and stomped and flung his fist a little after they said he couldn't like "dangit I wanted to beat people up with my crutch"

Davey starts doing smaller little motions and sometimes getting really into the dance like the other boys and it was great to watch

Jack climbs up to write Strike on the board and Davey stands with Les like downstage right away from the rest of the boys singing sneaking looks up at him

When Jack said Davey would go to Brooklyn Davey went, "Me?" And he kind of slumped and his voice went whiny "I have to do it?" Like Jack don't make me interact with people

Jack and Crutchie brush hands almost like they wanted to hold each others' but didn't have time/oh wait we can't do that right now

Crutchie was so sweet in all his scenes

He was constantly chatting with the other newsies and sitting next to them

Kath starts going up the stairs before Davey says they should save any exclusive for a real reporter and Jack starts nodding before Kath spins around and is like "Do you see anyone else giving you the time of day?"

Jack was so excited all the time

He never stayed still

He constantly swung down from the railings and kicked his feet in the air when he was really happy

He jumped up and down and stomped when he got emotional

He pounded his arm over his chest rapidly and gestured a lot and all the little quirks were just SO WELL DONE and made my heart so happy

Crutchie was the sweetest friendliest boy who constantly was talking with the newsies and gravitates to Jack always

He darts between Jack and Davey visibly on stage like he couldn't decide which one to go to during a lot of the numbers scenes and they were all just really sweet with each other

Katherine was so cute

Her voice went really high and it sounded like she changed what she was going to say halfway through when she said Plumber

She did this like sassy type thing during Watch What Happens and got really frustrated with her writing and did a whole bunch of gesture things that are a Writing Mood

She was so pretty and her voice was gorgeous

She just gestured angrily with the paper she crumpled up after she yanked it out to try to start the article fresh

She posed like she was going to fight when going through Watch What Happens

I really wish I remembered more but I loved her!!

She was rapid typing when she was wheeled off stage

Davey tries to talk to Race or Albert but he's so nervous he can't talk and stammers and runs over to Jack asking him to tell them because he can't

He starts singing Seize the Day immediately after being told and is so awed like "whoa I did that"

Davey's voice was really deep and when he went to sing Seize The Day I swear my heart stopped

Davey stammers at the start and someone snorted before he gets traction in courage and went on

Davey goes to Crutchie around "You're still our brothers," and their faces were so close and they looked so adoring

And then Jack joins them and they all look at each other and kind of hug/drape their arms around each other and sneak looks while singing

Their "and we will fight for you" is for each other okay

Jack and Davey and Crutchie were constantly drawing close to each other and were just super tactile

And then when they go into the next Seize the Day's

Davey and Jack are nearer to the front of the stage with Les tucked in front of them

Jack wraps his arm around Davey before Crutchie joins them and then he has an arm around each of them and the three of them sing and sneak glances at each other while the rest of the newsies sing on the other side of the stage

Crutchie was READY to throw down with the scabs and looks so disappointed when everybody else has to stop him from going after them

When Les said "Please?" he was up on the cart with the newsies and Specs ruffled his hat and the other newsies reached out to him and it was adorable

Davey looked so startled and touched when he glanced back and saw that the newsies were singing after him in Seize the Day

Davey runs up to join Jack in the dance line without prompting and they both were just super sweet

Davey glances over to watch Jack when they were running the line trying to make sure he was doing it right/follow

Crutchie stands by the curtain and was so bouncy and cheerful for the boys

When Jack was running off stage after they did the line stomp and paused for a second by Crutchie who was so bouncy excited for them being like "You okay boo"

HOLY HECK THE DANCERS WERE SO INCREDIBLE BEYOND WORDS

The boys come on to do their fancy flips and twirls and they did so much on stage everyone was screaming

Jack and Crutchie stand by each other back on the pillars during the dance break and dork off sneaking looks at each other

They're so happy

Davey is behind Jack and Crutchie and grins a little

Crutchie and Les tear the paper and Crutchie only got a tiny corner

When he and Les walk off they're talking and I couldn't hear but it seems like yeah kid, you did it! good job bud

Jack and Crutchie are constantly on each other

Tommy Boy? Or whoever spun so many times KICKED UP PAST HIS HEAD after he did the spins

Davey seems so animated and expressive and so happy for himself when he starts dancing when he never seemed to have the courage to go all out in the other numbers before

They all pose and Crutchie comes on and he is just such an expressive boy okay

Jack is the last to notice the bulls because he was really happy and faced to the crowd and he sort of faded out like "what? What's happening?" and he turned to the boys and saw the bulls

They all just throw the papers and none of them really hit anyone but they are all trying okay

Davey got so beat up in the fight

Everyone did

Poor Jack was just knocked everywhere

Davey got pinned by a Delancey and beaten on the cart and only got away by chance bc the bull showing up and hitting Romeo was a surprise long enough for him to get out

He had to stop a bull from snagging Les

The bull pinned him to a wall and started beating him

He got away and hid behind a cart with Les and he looked so agonized when Crutchie was getting beat because he couldn't leave his baby brother alone like this but that's Crutchie

Jack looks so hurt and terrified and when he starts screaming for Crutchie I couldn't even

When Davey ran with Les he looked so unbearably guilty and Jack's expressions... There are not words for how easily they could rip the heart out of your chest okay

I have seen the fight scene so many times

Never live

But this one felt so. Much. Worse

Everyone was getting knocked around and hit so many times (a lot more than they seem to in live) and it was so chaotic and helpless and it was devastating

Jack sounded like he was trying not to sob when he was breathing when he made it to the penthouse and he threw the door open to pace

He stopped where Crutchie was crying at the opening

Santa Fe

There are no words

He paced the penthouse and he was so emotional

I swear you could just see a lifetime of that weight and tragedy and abuse and this man just SHOWED ALL OF THAT that he hadn't lived in a few minutes

His emotion just blew me away

At one point he reached up to the spotlight like it was the moon so big and yellow and stretched his hand out like they were the stars and it was just beautiful

Near the end of the song he turned his back and it just felt several times like he was seeking for Crutchie expecting him to be there but he WASN'T THERE

He hit that note and held it for a long time and it was so gorgeous

When the curtain slowly went down Jack stayed there devastated and unmoving without twitching until the curtain was all the way down, maybe even a few seconds after

Davey seems really awkward in the start of King of New York, I couldn't even find him from where he was in the corner of Jacobi's

Race is so amazing

He was so dramatic with his gestures and I adore him

His the world is your erster is great and he just kept his cigar in his mouth and drew it into his hand to give them a long disapproving look before repeating himself

Specs glances over his shoulder to make sure with Davey he got the word right and Davey is so gleeful excited because he finally understood something

Les is the one who battled one of the newsies in the spoon-fight esque thing

After he did he ran back to Katherine and jumps up on the table by her. Les is so excited and she is telling him "yeah?" And it was the cutest thing

Davey looks so thrilled whenever Les did anything

Proud big bro

Les just seems SO SO EXCITED when Davey was getting more expressive and becoming happy as he spent more time with the newsies

Les and Davey were constantly goofing around together, more in later scenes because Dave was growing more comfortable

Letter From The Refuge broke me

You do not understand

They started wheeling the bed on with Crutchie folded over and his bruised eye and bleeding

And this kid started singing and I died

He hunches over mostly so you can't see him and he quietly set the paper aside to sing out at one point

The only time he seems happy and excited is when he sounds so entranced and adoring singing about the penthouse and Santa Fe with Jack

One of the boys hits Crutchie's bad leg to get him to stop during Letter From the Refuge and one of the boys smacks him upside the head

Crutchie breaks down sobbing which is when he barely manages to get out "damn this place"

He's trying to scrub tears away when he's saying "I'll be fine"

His voice grows (and holy heck this kid can sing) when he's begging for Jack to tell the others to take care of each other

He grabs the paper in time to try to write his farewell

They had a flickering candle (not sure if it was a cool effect battery powered one or something) that he blew out and the stage immediately went dark after

Jack looks like he wants to flee after Davey enters but Medda gives him a Mom look

Davey dropped the bottom half of the paper and did the cutest little laugh grin after above the fold and it WAS SO PURE

His delivery of the we're inevitable line was SO GOOD I don't have words

You could just see the slow shift in Davey's mannerisms as he grew more confident in himself and it was so so gorgeous

Davey whacked Les with his hat after the "and then he died" like Les that isn't polite people talk

Jack becomes super tense when Kath and Les show up

He grows more and more panicked and jumpy and he had a very visible bruise on his face

Davey's voice sounded like it broke after Jack talked about Crutchie

Jack made these little side to side head nod tilts as Davey was singing behind him trying to explain that they had them all scared

Davey and Jack sang into each other's faces like Jack and Crutchie did at one point in Watch What Happens Reprise

Katherine and Davey just shared these little looks

They held hands for a moment after they got Jack to listen to them encouraging him to come join them before he hops up next to Les

Katherine was really kind to Davey and I would die for their little friendship interactions

Katherine and Jack and Davey and Les all stood together like a proud family and then Jack and Les and Davey played around for a little near/after the end of the song

Jack was so goofy and fun in the office and he loses it when Snyder goes in

He looked so terrified of Pulitzer especially when he shoved right into his face and was snarling about the Refuge and went rigid and I was left wondering if Jack was bracing to be smacked hhhng

He was yelping and shuffling and trying to keep the Delanceys from touching him when they were guiding him away

Brooklyn's Here was amazing!

So many red colors

Everyone was up there on ‘the bridge' and Spot was so expressive and all the Brooklyn boys were great to watch

Spot posed and folded his arms and tipped his chin up on the ending note of the song

Spot pumped up the audience until everyone was screaming and then silenced us

He started the chant of Jack and Davey looked so panicked

Davey's voice is high and really fast when he steps into the center of the rally incredibly stiff and says "Newsies of New York!"

He like squeezes his eyes shut and winces for a second

And he gasps and glanced around a little looking so terrified and awkward and anxious and stammering before he gets into his speech

The boys start yeahing and cheering

By the end Davey looks so proud of himself as he gets more into it and is yelling words and looks so freaking accomplished

YOU DID IT YOU BEAUTIFUL CHILD

Davey stammers so much

Davey constantly stuck at the edges of the stage at first (even in KoNY) and seemed to really struggle with understanding interactions

But he's proud and happy and speaking up at the end and my heart was so happy beyond words

Then Jack comes in

Kath snuck in to stand on the balcony by some of the other borough's boy at some point

Davey looks so happy! He's watching Jack and smiling and then things twist and there starts to be quiet dissent until everything falls apart

Davey is the first one stepping up and protesting because Jack turns to him first

All the boys were yelling and Davey was right there like "Jack no!"

Davey literally put himself between Jack and Spot who was trying to hit him and then all the other boys after the Bowery Speech when everyone was yelling and lurching towards Jack to guard him with his own body

He was like no you aren't touching him okay I love him

Les got knocked to the floor by Jack after he got the money in the chaos and Davey looked so heartbroken before he grabbed Les to get him out of there

I think Jack made a little choking noise and didn't even have time to shout Davey's name

Jack was so tense and rigid when he made it to the penthouse

He seemed so terrified and it TORE MY HEART OUT OKAY

He froze for a second when Kath kissed him like for a second he hadn't made the connection and still thought he was about to be hit or just had been

Les was the most adorable child ever

He was so intense and did everything he could to be with the newsies and it was wonderful

This kid was so vividly expressive okay

Kath made a voice to imitate Les and Davey looked so offended for a split second like 'don't insult my baby brother'

Davey puts a hand on Jack's shoulder to slow him and looks so hopelessly gone when he says it's good to have him back again

Jack got so flustered and stammered for several seconds "Shut up"

Jack grabs Davey's collar and they leaned really close together when they were excited during Once and For All and they were both gleeful and excited and looked like they were going to pull into a kiss

Jack squeezed Davey's shoulders and grinned at him when he was walking past him behind the printing press

Once and For All gave me so many chills

Jack went to spit shake with Davey and it's the first time Davey does it back

They lingered for a minute just giggly and in awe and staring at each other softly. Jack looks like he doesn't want to stop or move away from each other when they had to go opposite ways on the stage

They both end up on opposite towers on the ends of the middle row closest to each other

Jack reached out to Davey as soon as he was near enough to reach him when their two pillars were being pushed together and pulled his arm around him when he was close enough to do so in their Once and For All's

In Once and For All Jack and Davey just touched whenever they could

They sang so emotionally to each other and looked so in love

Jack just… pelted into Pulitzer's office and slammed the paper down on the desk

When he flicked the money back it bounced off Pulitzer's stomach and landed on the desk and it was really funny

Davey didn't even flinch going up to Pulitzer

He might have glanced at Jack once in the exchange

Jack just watched where he was lazing having fun on the chair looking so smug and proud

Jack got up to go to Davey and say "Cause guys like Joe don't talk to nothings like us" and it broke my heart a little but he and Davey just shared a really touching look

The light on the stage is red in Pulitzer's office and it cast really cool shadows!

The newsies came in along the aisle to sing Seize the Day up to Pulitzer's office and I noticed when they were creeping in and I was so happy

Les was sitting on one of the newsies shoulder's holding up the sign they had for Manhattan

They all did an awesome stomp in time for chanting Seize the Day

Jack was about to spit shake and then he realized it was the governor and just stammered before shaking his hand

Davey tried to whack Jack on the chest after he ran back to Davey after talking to the Governor and Davey looked really confused like he wasn't sure if he was doing casual pats right siaifaj

Davey shakes his head and starts speaking like he isn't going to leave Jack until Kath goes to get him and Katherine held his hand when he was freaking out

Jack gestures to his heart and waves and smiles at them before they exit

He had a super deep mocking voice and for the "compromise we can all live with"

Davey swung Les around in the air when they'd heard they won

Race took his hat off in respect for the Governor when he entered like "your majesty"

Davey blew a raspberry from across the Square and did the weird thumb on nose finger wiggle thing Jeremy Jordan does in Live at Jacobi's making fun of Snyder after they see he's arrested

Davey jumped like a foot in the air in joy when he saw that Crutchie was back with the happiest expression ever

Davey looked so proud after Crutchie sent Snyder away

Crutchie blew a raspberry in Snyder's face after cuffing him and hit him with Snyder's back with his crutch on the exit

Davey ran to Crutchie as soon as he could and hugged him really tight and even when they pulled back they were grinning and stayed really close and kept holding onto each other

It was beautiful

They were just giggly and excited and chattering when Jack comes down the stairs

Davey's face just dropped when Jack started talking about leaving for Santa Fe

He looked so in love with both of them all the time okay

Davey did say "Sand storms" and Jack chuckled a little and it was precious

Crutchie and Davey were like on either side with Kath like in the middle behind Jack if I remember correctly and Crutchie just looked so in love

Jack finally ran and pulled Crutchie into a hug after "we're a family" and didn't let him go for probably longer than a solid minute

Crutchie and Davey went off together to get their papes and they were so dorky and playful

Davey barely stops touching Crutchie

Crutchie didn't care how badly his leg dragged when he was excited to get places and I just... Adored him

Les slowly side-walked towards Jack and Katherine when they're talking at the finale gaping at them and it was HYSTERICAL

Davey!! Was so good! He showed so much emotion and growth and I loved seeing him go from the smallest little expressions to how engaged and goofy he was in King of New York and how ecstatic and tactile he was when he was with Jack and Crutchie again

They hugged so many times and my heart died

Jack just lit up the stage every second he was on

I absolutely adored their Crutchie beyond words

Crutchie was the best thing ever and I would die for him

He was so great

Davey always seemed confused

I have said it before and I will say it again

All Davey Jacobs are Confused Davey Jacobs

This one was no different and he did SO WELL

Crutchie was always expressive and sweet

He leaned in to check on one of the boys in the wagon

His expressions never ceased to bring joy in the entire show

My friend thought Les fell into the live orchestra for a minute bc he vanished

I don't think he did

I hope

The ensemble and swings

I have no words

They did so many incredible flips and spins and dance moves

Davey did a high kick at the end!

One of the dancers dropped their cap and rolled it up their arm and it was INCREDIBLE

I don't know if it was planned or not but I absolutely adored it

All of them deserve appreciation and I'm so sad I couldn't watch all of them individually

All the boys did so many precious little gestures

They all did so great

I don’t have words for how much I adored having the chance to see this it was incredible

[tiberivs]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Newsies - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: David Jacobs/Jack Kelly Characters: David Jacobs, Jack Kelly Additional Tags: based on a gay movie i watched, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting Summary:

"Let’s make a deal.” Jack leaned forward, elbows on the table and fingers interlocked. “If in ten years we’re both still single, we can, y’know, be together. As a couple. Forever.” “You serious?” David asked, grin forming on his face. “Dead serious.

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