On Thursday, Nov. 5, the Ghost Light Theatre Company presented its first performance of Newsies — a musical about a ragged band of teenage newsboys in New York City in 1899 and their massive strike against powerful newspaper publishers — at the Ritz Theatre in Gadsden. The showings of the musical lasted until Sunday, Nov. 8.
Newsies follows Jack Kelly (played by Noah Kelly, a 17-year-old senior who has been performing for over a decade). The charismatic newsboy leads a group of teenage “newsies” in a strike against newspaper tycoons Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, who unfairly raised distribution prices. The musical highlights themes of social justice, workers’ rights and the power of youth activism.
The Ghost Light Theatre Company is a regional performing arts organization aiding youth as they step in the world of theatre. For more information, visit ghostlighttc.com.
