#gptsies

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i miss being a newsie 😔😔

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i finally watched my production of Newsies aka gptsies and i need all of you to go watch this right now !! i even uploaded it to youtube for convenience!

i know the newsies fandom is starving for content so here’s another version of newsies!!!

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NEWSIIIIIIESSSSSSSSS

most of it is gptsiessss aka my newsies that i have shared with y’all and then sky’s albert cuz i love him

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Jack Kelly

Christian Bale - Newsies Movie, 1992

Jay Armstrong Johnson - Newsies Workshop, 2010

Jeremy Jordan - Paper Mill Playhouse, Broadway OBC, & Newsies Live, 2011 - 2012, 2017

Corey Cott - Broadway Replacement, 2012 - 2014

Dan DeLuca - National Tour, 2014 - 2015

Joey Barreiro - National Tour, 2015 - 2016

Michael Ahomka-Lindsay - Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, 2022 - 2023

Charles K. - Grosse Pointe Theatre, May 2024

Pierre Marais - Theatre Under The Stars, May 2024

Sutton K. - Pickleville Playhouse, August 2024

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mourning the version of newsies i did like a dead relative

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Finch Cortez

Aaron Albano - Paper Mill & Broadway, 2011-2014

Julian DeGuzman - National Tour, 2014 - 2016

Iain Young - National Tour & Newsies Live, 2014 - 2017

Damon Gould - Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, 2022 - 2023

Michael Kelly - Grosse Pointe Theatre, May 2024

Cameron Sirian - Theatre Under The Stars, May 2024

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fun facts about gptsies to entice you to watch!

- we rented the same set that tutsies used! the company is ‘front row theatrical’! (that set is $18k btw)

- the costumers got prescription glasses that fit the time period for our specs and mike! (both wear glasses and don’t have contacts) and both actors got to keep the glasses!

- our jack kelly had only been in two productions previously and this was his first lead role! (i was shocked when i learned that, cuz he’s amazing)

- there were four daveys in the show! 3 former daveys and the current davey! crutchie, henry, and finch (me) had all previously played davey!

- over 80 people auditioned but only 37 made it into the cast (still one of the largest casts in gpt history)

- andrew keenan-bolger is an alumni of gpt and even sent the cast a video message! if he wasn’t in the dracula comedy he most likely would’ve gone to see the show! our director had worked with him before on shows and many folks in the cast know him personally!

- we had more newsies than there were newsies names in the cast so we gave our extra newsies names: Rusty, Jellybean, Kritter, Midge, and MC

- all of our girls playing newsies were kept girls, but none of them wore dresses! most of our newsies were girls. only jack, davey, race, crutchie, les, finch, albert, specs, romeo, henry, and elmer were played by guys

- mush and finch are siblings (not irl, just in the show) and we swapped socks so we had mismatched socks. we also decided that mush’s clothes were all finch’s old clothes

- we went through approximately 440 newspapers for just tech week and shows for the papes dance alone!

- it was the most expensive show in gpt history (over $70k !!)

- finch (me) was actually the person behind jack’s drawing of katherine

- we recreated some iconic newsies moments (the video of ben annoying andrew with what what happens reprise, and the titanic pose one!)

i hope you watch it! comment your thoughts on the show :33 i would love to hear them!

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Racetrack Higgins

Max Casella - Newsies Movie, 1992

Ryan Breslin - Broadway, 2012 - 2014

Ben Tyler Cook - National Tour, Newsies Live, 2014 - 2017

Josh Barnett - Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, 2022 - 2023

Zak S. - Grosse Pointe Theatre, May 2024

Cole Zieser - Theatre Under The Stars, May 2024

Jordan L. - Pickleville Playhouse, August 2024