The kids eagerly distribute the pamphlet to inspire working children all over the city to join the fight ("Once and for All"). Katherine refuses to let Jack give up, and they sneak into the World's cellar to print a paper that exposes the unfair treatment of the newsies with the help of Dorothy and Bill ("Seize the Day - Reprise"). Jack arrives, having accepted Pulitzer's deal, and is booed off the stage when he encourages the newsies to call off the strike. The rest of the newsies from all across New York - even the intimidating Spot Conlon and the newsies of Brooklyn - gather at Medda's theater for the rally that Davey has planned ("Brooklyn's Here").
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Pulitzer reveals Katherine to be his daughter and offers a betrayed Jack a choice: get sent to The Refuge or renounce the strike and leave New York with pockets full of cash. After his refusal, the Delanceys sneak up behind Jack and drag him to Pulitzer's office to negotiate an end to the strike. Later, Davey, Les, and Katherine find a disheartened Jack at Medda's theater, and try to convince him to return to the fight. Fortunately, Katherine arrives with a copy of her front-page story about the strike, causing them to break out in celebration ("King of New York"). Meanwhile, unable to sleep at The Refuge, an optimistic Crutchie writes an encouraging letter to Jack ("Letter from The Refuge").īruised and battered, the newsies are about to lose hope. A defeated Jack once again longs for a new life away from all the pandemonium ("Santa Fe"). They haul Crutchie away to the dreaded Refuge. Soon after, Snyder arrives with the police to break up the strikers. Katherine and her photographer Darcy arrive just in time to snap a triumphant photo. Davey and Jack energize the newsies, successfully rejuvenating the movement ("Seize the Day - Parts 1 and 2"). The next day, only a small group of newsies has gathered at Newsie Square to strike. Katherine begins writing what she hopes will be a front-page-worthy story about the strike ("Watch What Happens"). Prompted by Davey, the newsies decide to form a union and strike ("The World Will Know").Īfter a successful first day of striking, newly elected union leader Jack Kelly sends representatives to spread the word of their strike to newsies throughout New York City. The next morning, the newsies are outraged to learn that Pulitzer has raised the price of newspapers.
Jack offers his remarkable sketch of the performers to an impressed Katherine for use in her review. During the performance, Jack notices Katherine, a bright young reporter he had seen earlier that day. Medda Larkin welcomes Jack and his friends by offering her theater as a safe haven while they watch her perform with Ada, Olive, Ethel, and the rest of the Bowery Brigade ("Just a Pretty Face"). He and his staff - Bunsen, Seitz, and Hannah - cook up an idea, but at the expense of the newsies.Īfter completing a successful day of selling papes, Jack, Crutchie, Davey, and Les are chased suddenly by Snyder, the warden of The Refuge, until they find safety in Medda's theater. Meanwhile, Joseph Pulitzer, the publisher of the World, vows to fight declining circulation of the newspaper. Jack offers to show the ropes to newcomers Davey and his kid sibling Les, and together they head out into the city ("Carrying the Banner - Reprise"). They gather at the New York World's distribution wagon, where they pick up their daily stacks of papers from Wiesel and his goons, Oscar and Morris Delancey. Jack and Crutchie join the rest of the newsies in starting the day ("Carrying the Banner"). Away from the others, Jack Kelly shares his dream for a better life out west with his best friend, Crutchie ("Santa Fe - Prologue"). At dawn on a summer morning in 1899, Newsies - the young boys and girls of New York who peddle newspapers to Customers throughout the city - chaotically shout the daily headlines.
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