17 February 2012 1:35 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
At a press event yesterday for the Broadway-bound production of Newsies, the cast and creative team behind the cult 1992 Disney movie musical discussed one of the most important parts of the project – pleasing the passionate fans – and one erstwhile newsboy in particular.
For 20 years, Newsies fans – called “Fansies” – clung only to a VHS tape (later a DVD) and a soundtrack for the original film, which starred Christian Bale as a newspaper seller who leads the New York City newsboy strike of 1899. When the announcement leaked that Newsies would finally make the much-anticipated jump to the stage at the Paper Mill Playhouse in September, »
- Marc Snetiker
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