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So now that you guys know Everything Important There Is To Know About Newsies: The Film, it's time to talk about the live show!



Some general notes, before we begin: the sets were amazing, and the dancing was also pretty fantastic. They did a pretty stellar job of translating the energetic, acrobatic feel that made the movie choreography genuinely impressive, while quietly toning down the signature pelvis-obsessed hilarious awkwardness that Kenny Ortega (known for his work on Newsies, the High School Musical franchise, and various Michael Jackson enterprises) brings to all his projects.

Of course this means that they pretty much replaced every pelvic thrust with a properly toe-pointed ballet twirl, which is . . . not less hilarious for a set of rugged, hardcore, cigar-smoking street urchins, but I AM NOT COMPLAINING.

So for that alone, it is worth it! As far as the changes made to the songs and the storyline . . . well, we were slightly more confused by those.

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