I was lucky enough to see the show 3 rows away from the stage at the Friday performance immediately following the Tony Awards that year. I went with my older sister who grew up loving the movie (and who had introduced it to me when I was growing up) and we had an absolute blast esp. seeing all the guys dancing up close - the Seize the Day number that night was unbelievable! Being so close meant I got one of the newspapers they threw here and, by the end of the number, the applause was insane and lasted for probably over a minute but felt like an eternity! Everyone in that cast was so freaking good and I still have fond memories despite it being close to 10 years since having seen it! :D
This number alone makes Newsies the hardest musical to put on. This number: -Requires a lot of actors -Actors are all men of a specific age group -All actors need to be able to sing -All actors need to be able to dance -Dance number includes ballet -Dance number includes mild stunts -Due to costuming, you can’t pad out the numbers with girls, it’s too noticeable I wouldn’t be surprised if they auditioned the entire state of New York and then some to be able to fill out this cast. EDIT: scratch that I forgot that Starlight Express was a thing
In our Newsies production, Davey and Les were females. Race was my daughter and one of the Delancey brothers was female. It was an amazing production, magical. I would say the best we've done within my memory.
I cannot imagine how *INSANE* it must have been to see this live! Also, the guy at 3:19 hitting those perfect a la secondes ON A NEWSPAPER is absolutely sick with it!
Cameron Foster I know, I was more referring to the first half about it being faster than normal. Trust me, I’ve watched the full show more than I can count lol
I would kill to see the original broadway cast perform newsies on broadway. if this alone was as incredible as it was, i cant imagine what seeing it on a broadway stage would be like. i love newsies more than anything, i'm so lucky to be able to do it at my school.
The fact that this performance was right after the show won for best choreography makes it’s wholesome level over 5000 Also Jeremy Jordan DOES dance in the newspaper sequence…all the way in the back He’s doing his best and we love him Look for the blue shirt
I’ve seen a lot of shows on Broadway. This scene, by far, is my favorite. Seeing this live...the talent, the dancing...and the crowd went wild. So good! I could see this show over and over again, just for this scene.... not to say the entire show wasn’t top notch because it was.
Yes - Im digging Jeremy Jordan's stage presence and what a set of pipes to go alongside his great castmates with choreography. 2012 was a great year for Broadway. Its 2023 and im currently in a random broadway musical phase and Jeremy Jordan's Santa Fe - one of my favorites!!
Such amazing choreography. These guys are so talented. The jumps, the splits & the sliding on the floor through the legs of the other actors. Of course, you forget the dancing on the newspapers and the singing, too. I’m just sorry I missed all of this life. I’m glad I got to see it on the Tony Awards and now on UA-cam. Thanks.
One of the few broadway shows where the ensemble members are as well known as the principal roles!! Rightfully so cause they really DELIVER!!! No pun intended lol
This is amazing, but, believe it or not, the London production is even more amazing. It has been restaged and re-choreographed for a new theatre which is not in-the-round but almost. It is an immersive experience for the audience, and, in nearly 60 years of going to musicals, I've never experienced anything like the thrill of 'Seize the Day'.
It was breathtaking! I came away and told my dance students to gooooooo! It was hands down the best dancing I have EVER seen live, and I've seen many musicals. Watching this video a year or so on from seeing the UK production makes me tear up. What an impact. Both casts are phenomenal.
Realmente talentosos, mi coreografía favorita, un genio quien la creo, ver este número me pone la piel de gallina, es perfecto, todos son increíbles, giros, acrobacias, los saltos ahhh los fouettés de el final increíbles
For my final concert in High School, we got to sing a medley from Newsies. We in the senior class then took a trip to New York where one of the things we did was watch Newsies on stage.
I graduated high school in 1994 and I listened to the movie soundtrack all the time!! The musical had not been made yet. Newsies was a part of both of our high school journeys even though I’m much older than you 🙂
My new hobby is watching all the places the Newsies performed “seize the day” and watch them work through progressively smaller spaces. (As a person who condensed a performance with weapons from a gym floor size to a stage- I feel the pain)
I remember this performance.. thinking 💭🤔 this choreo is so dynamic, athletic powerful 💪🏼 while singing....(8 times a wk !!!!) ... Excellent ⭐⭐⭐⭐!!!!""
It makes me a bit sad seeing some of the Tonys performances, because they have their time limit and so the backing is always a bit too fast for them to really fill out the notes
Tag yourself; I’m Mike and Brendon in the background during most of the dance break because they’re not supposed to be in that scene (and moving off stage during the frog jump)
I grew up tap dancing, and we could do complicated pullback tricks/ combinations, triple time steps, rapid-fire taps...the audience always went wild over TRENCHES. Which take approximately zero talent. So funny to be applauded for a garbage move 😜
hey newsies and I like your on boardway and I cant wait to see in boardway and how are the ticket online thanks yopu from Erika chiappone and I love you guys too and I miss you guys
As an ex-dancer I can appreciate how extraordinary they are, but my ex-football player friend dismisses it all as "cartwheels," which I have to admit I find kind of funny. It's like saying Tom Brady plays "fetch" for a living.
Dancers in 2010: I wish there was a musical on Broadway that showcased our dancing skills more than singing!! Broadway: Quick Write That Down!!!!!!!!! - The birth of newsies!
00:56 @ 01:17 behold the sexiest badass man in the world. even more so in the disney special 02:05 for those who say that jeremy jordan can't dance. here he proves the contrary. he dances the whole newspaper sequence in the background
my favorite thing about broadway is that if you look up any white male broadway actor they were either a newsie or dated one
Either way, they were associated with newsies
Or Mormon
Kind of makes me wonder how many Newsies dated other Newsies. Or what percentage of Newsies are gay, straight, or bi.
This might be my favorite comment ever
@@laurenconrad1799 a surprising chunk of them are in the lgbt community actually. Like, a lot.
No one works harder than Jeremy Jordan running away from those dance numbers 🏃🏻♂️
This is so funny 😂
This made me laugh so loud! lmao
In this performance, he actually dances in the pape sequence at the very behind which surprised me XD
I’ve never noticed before, that’s going to bug me now!
LMAO no really!
And this why the musical won for best choreography that year!! Freaking amazing
totally deserved!!
@Naomi Edward lmao explain
This performance was immediately after they found out they won, which is so wholesome and I love it
Alex Wong was also in it
I was lucky enough to see the show 3 rows away from the stage at the Friday performance immediately following the Tony Awards that year. I went with my older sister who grew up loving the movie (and who had introduced it to me when I was growing up) and we had an absolute blast esp. seeing all the guys dancing up close - the Seize the Day number that night was unbelievable! Being so close meant I got one of the newspapers they threw here and, by the end of the number, the applause was insane and lasted for probably over a minute but felt like an eternity! Everyone in that cast was so freaking good and I still have fond memories despite it being close to 10 years since having seen it! :D
This number alone makes Newsies the hardest musical to put on. This number:
-Requires a lot of actors
-Actors are all men of a specific age group
-All actors need to be able to sing
-All actors need to be able to dance
-Dance number includes ballet
-Dance number includes mild stunts
-Due to costuming, you can’t pad out the numbers with girls, it’s too noticeable
I wouldn’t be surprised if they auditioned the entire state of New York and then some to be able to fill out this cast.
EDIT: scratch that I forgot that Starlight Express was a thing
i was a girl in newsies !!!
i am a girl! got cast in the adv dance corps for my production (:
Girls can be newsies! Historically, there were a lot of female newsies!
In our Newsies production, Davey and Les were females. Race was my daughter and one of the Delancey brothers was female. It was an amazing production, magical. I would say the best we've done within my memory.
9😊i😊 in person 7😅
The dancing in this makes me out of breath just watching it. It's insane!
It makes me out of breath doing it!
Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Pastor Murray is an Anointed Servant of GOD who teaches the Word of GOD with Authority!!!!!!!
They’re such technical dancers which I appreciate so much. But obviously so incredibly well rounded.
I cannot imagine how *INSANE* it must have been to see this live! Also, the guy at 3:19 hitting those perfect a la secondes ON A NEWSPAPER is absolutely sick with it!
Ryan Steele ! He was actually the Newsies dance captain, he's amazing !
@@celeste2025 So late to this reply, but I had no idea! Totally deserved, he's amazing!!
That was Specs
They took this off Netflix and I’m so mad about it
Chiamaka Aghamelu Me too. I went to go watch it and it was just gone. It’s the worst.
they did?? It's still on in my region.
I raved about it to friend and then it was gone. It's fina!s week and I have no newsies
It will be back on Disney+ 😁😁
Emily Abbott it will be back on Disney+ 😁😁
Audience: *Gets paper thrown a them*
Also Audience: *claps*
Well I would be mad I a newsboy from Newsies threw a paper on me. Honestly I’d be soo happy😂
@@maryhollifield8257 me too, lol. I just figured out about this dance last week in dance class.
i’d be like please throw a paper at me 😭😭
I mean, I'd be that audience 😂
Why is it so fast?
Jack, the ultimate hype leader who can’t dance
Haha
Our jack isn't the best dancer anyway either. Guess it was just being authentic!
Tony Awards performances are sometimes abbreviated versions of the actual song because they’re on a time limit
Chloe Butler This is the full performance, in the actual musical, Jack doesn’t dance much either.
Cameron Foster I know, I was more referring to the first half about it being faster than normal. Trust me, I’ve watched the full show more than I can count lol
I would kill to see the original broadway cast perform newsies on broadway. if this alone was as incredible as it was, i cant imagine what seeing it on a broadway stage would be like. i love newsies more than anything, i'm so lucky to be able to do it at my school.
Some of them are probably too old now.
It’s available on Disney + but nothing matched seeing it in person.
I saw it. It sucks except for the choreography. And I had to see it twice.
I can't fathom what it would have been like to see this live at the Tonys. Amazing.
The fact that this performance was right after the show won for best choreography makes it’s wholesome level over 5000
Also Jeremy Jordan DOES dance in the newspaper sequence…all the way in the back
He’s doing his best and we love him
Look for the blue shirt
Doing choreography from broadway shows like fun and games until you try newsies #bye
Agreed
Big mood, I learned 16 counts of this yesterday and I was drowning in a pool of my own sweat
If you haven't tried to do *the jump* you're a liar
@@amazingspiderlad The amount of times I've tried *the jump* is scary-
@@kathleen.animatez Everybody gangsta till you sprain your ankle trying to do the Newsies jump and have to explain to your parents
God, you'd have to be so so so immensely talented to be in this ensemble.
Everyone: 💃🏻 🕺 🕺 🕺 🕺
Jeremy: 🏃
I’ve seen a lot of shows on Broadway. This scene, by far, is my favorite. Seeing this live...the talent, the dancing...and the crowd went wild. So good! I could see this show over and over again, just for this scene.... not to say the entire show wasn’t top notch because it was.
0:32 he can’t stop smiling and you can hear how happy he is
literally the love of my life i swear he’s so adorable
Who else just loves this musical and cast??
1:32
OH MY GOD MF LANDED IN THIRD
i mean it’s broadway expect nothing less but still... hella impressive
It's impressive but at the same time that's Alex Wong who danced with ABT and was a principal at Miami City Ballet before this so it is logical too
In third…?
@@ChronicallyCassidyI think they mean third position, like in ballet!
they all look so happy to be performing at the tonys!! like every time i watch this, ben’s smile and energy is infectious
Always so impressed by this choreo. So fun yet keeping it clean and sharp. The energy is through the roof the entirety of the number!!
Yes - Im digging Jeremy Jordan's stage presence and what a set of pipes to go alongside his great castmates with choreography. 2012 was a great year for Broadway. Its 2023 and im currently in a random broadway musical phase and Jeremy Jordan's Santa Fe - one of my favorites!!
Such amazing choreography. These guys are so talented. The jumps, the splits & the sliding on the floor through the legs of the other actors. Of course, you forget the dancing on the newspapers and the singing, too. I’m just sorry I missed all of this life. I’m glad I got to see it on the Tony Awards and now on UA-cam. Thanks.
If you have Disney+ the stage recording is on there!! I’ve watched it way too many times to count!
you guys don’t get that they have a lot of shoes in the tonys so the music is usually sped up for the awards so they can fit everyone in
shows*
@@tessharper8892 Thanks. I was confused; thought it was new theater slang I was too old to understand.
One of the few broadway shows where the ensemble members are as well known as the principal roles!! Rightfully so cause they really DELIVER!!! No pun intended lol
That's the definition of "being fit".......these guys are loaded with talent and unbelievable energy.
Davey looks so passionate
NEWSIES SPEEDRUN
So glad Christopher Gattelli won best choreography for Newsies, he deserved it so much
This had to be one of the most hardest dance numbers in musical history, but holy shit is it epic when it's pulled off right.
god this choreography is so iconic
Those tours en l'air at the beginning never cease to amaze me :D
Amos Walker now it’s time to seize the day
Answer the call and don’t delay
Nothing can break us nothing can make us when we’re united
dude they land in second position; not sooooo hard.
Finally NEWSIES will be performed in Japan in this November!!!
can't wait!!!💎
Eyo I hope you got to see it and enjoyed!
How was itt
There should be an award for "most athletic choreography that ever was"
So phenomenal! Guys who can dance like that..... always love it!
I saw this live twice! Once my wife and I then we got tickets for everyone on Christmas and went again. Still my favorite musical ever
ik i’m late on this but i couldn’t help but notice ben fankhauser (davey) looks so happy in this
It’s his first time at the tonys i bet he was happy 😂
haha yeah that makes sense
@@hannahbanna_And they had just won best choreo I believe!
This is amazing, but, believe it or not, the London production is even more amazing. It has been restaged and re-choreographed for a new theatre which is not in-the-round but almost. It is an immersive experience for the audience, and, in nearly 60 years of going to musicals, I've never experienced anything like the thrill of 'Seize the Day'.
It was breathtaking! I came away and told my dance students to gooooooo! It was hands down the best dancing I have EVER seen live, and I've seen many musicals. Watching this video a year or so on from seeing the UK production makes me tear up. What an impact. Both casts are phenomenal.
I find it funny how when it comes to dance numbers Jeremy Jordan gets stank for a little bit and sprints off for a bit
NEWSIES Broadway 2012 Tony Awards
Did they win a tony?
Yes best choreography and best original score
Broadway just dance is all fun and games till you try newsies
UGH I LOVE THIS CASTTTT
Realmente talentosos, mi coreografía favorita, un genio quien la creo, ver este número me pone la piel de gallina, es perfecto, todos son increíbles, giros, acrobacias, los saltos ahhh los fouettés de el final increíbles
Poor Andrew his mic was turned off
Brooklyn Rae hEy YoU sEe ThIs Mr PuLiTzEr?!
When
@@benkurz7430 about 2:16
It's a @@benkurz7430 a party that ends with somebody's head on a spike
Sometimes the Sound Mixer accidentally turns it off before, everyone gets their mic turned off so they cant hear the chatter of the people backstage
I miss my dancing paper boys 😭
Absolutely mesmerising dancing scenes. Such talented dancers, incredible choreography AND great songs! The perfect mix!
I love newsies so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😮😮😮😮😮😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😂😂😂😂
love watching this!!! the choreography is on fire!!!! im a dancer and love this choreography!!! :)
For my final concert in High School, we got to sing a medley from Newsies. We in the senior class then took a trip to New York where one of the things we did was watch Newsies on stage.
I graduated high school in 1994 and I listened to the movie soundtrack all the time!! The musical had not been made yet. Newsies was a part of both of our high school journeys even though I’m much older than you 🙂
You all are so talented!! I feel no mistake was made! 👍👍👍 Now, this is a musical I want to see on Broadway! God bless! 😁👌
The stage presence of Andrew Keenan Bolger is terrific - a great song and dance number by all
One of the best memories growing up was the movie!!! Watched it so much I know the songs the words I can tell you the whole movie
I fucking love Jeremy and I find it so funny how his dancing skills are inversely proportional to his singing talent LOL.
for class : 2:46 (break before chorus)
3:05 (Chorus)
Why aren't we talking about Jermey Jordan in that first 30 seconds. Um..... GOLD
Obviously the dancing the HELLA BADASS AND IMPRESSIVE..BUT the fact that they can sing perfectly WHILE DOING IT?!?! AHHHHH IM DEAD
i love how all of them are ballet dancers that sing
i hate the fact that Alex Wong isn’t in the filmed version on Disney +
Why though ? He’s a good dancer but when it comes to being apart of the show he was the first of the OBC leave the show
@@josephpolizzi_5759 I bet that it was he was busy when they were filming the live version
Mike Faist also isn’t the live recording too
My new hobby is watching all the places the Newsies performed “seize the day” and watch them work through progressively smaller spaces.
(As a person who condensed a performance with weapons from a gym floor size to a stage- I feel the pain)
What's the smallest space you've seen them perform?
@@karaokeandrandomclips so far, I think the stage on the View? I’ll have to check
i love you thayne jasperson 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I remember this performance.. thinking 💭🤔 this choreo is so dynamic, athletic powerful 💪🏼 while singing....(8 times a wk !!!!) ... Excellent ⭐⭐⭐⭐!!!!""
When I was in 4th grade, my teacher showed that to us during music class
i just learned this dance and performed it!
It makes me a bit sad seeing some of the Tonys performances, because they have their time limit and so the backing is always a bit too fast for them to really fill out the notes
Wow, Elastigirl's successors are really giving it their all.
They have talent and they also have mad cake
Awesome!
I love seize the day
This makes Yorktown seem easy
My favorite movie
Newsies! Seize the dayyyyy hope this comment makes your day feel better. ❤️
Well Newsies didn't win Best Original Score and Choreography for nothing. This dance number was the hit!
Tag yourself; I’m Mike and Brendon in the background during most of the dance break because they’re not supposed to be in that scene (and moving off stage during the frog jump)
The audience doesnt clap at cool (amazing) dancing, they clap at getting papers throwm at them lmao
I grew up tap dancing, and we could do complicated pullback tricks/ combinations, triple time steps, rapid-fire taps...the audience always went wild over TRENCHES. Which take approximately zero talent. So funny to be applauded for a garbage move 😜
@@wendy9317 Still great to be applauded, though. Or no?
"houston to harlem, 🎸🎸🎸🎸!!!!!!!!!"
hey newsies and I like your on boardway and I cant wait to see in boardway and how are the ticket online thanks yopu from Erika chiappone and I love you guys too and I miss you guys
erika chiappone they’re not on Broadway anymore☹️😭
Newsies Broadway 2012 tony Awards
ben’s basically full handstand omgg
imagine singing after 3:13
I'm frantically looking for Mike Faist
ME TOO
Same
Look for the Tall Boii XD
Flawlessly Executed ❤❤❤❤❤
he's a ~strong mover~
My school did newsies last year RIP
I’m obsessed
Real
Imagine how phenomenal Jess and Alex would be in SHOELESS JOE in Damn Yankees with that acro choreography!
As an ex-dancer I can appreciate how extraordinary they are, but my ex-football player friend dismisses it all as "cartwheels," which I have to admit I find kind of funny. It's like saying Tom Brady plays "fetch" for a living.
Why is it going so fast
Grace Wilson they didnt have a lot of time
The tonys like making every seen shorter then they actually are when there doing a normal show
3:20 GET ITTT
why did i just realise thayne jasperson is also in the obc for newsies... the hamicast is everywhere
edit: and ephraim!
Yep, the camera loves him! Poor guy was fiddling with his hat throughout the whole thing though.
i love ballerina paperboys
BEN IS SO CUTE AWWW
Why is it so fasssst!?
These boys look like their defying gravity.
Shut up I'm hilarious.
when you watch too much musicals you start to mix them up lol
My favourite character in this video is rump. My favourite singer played rump
I have never noticed that Jeremy Jorden does the newspaper dance break 😅
Dancers in 2010: I wish there was a musical on Broadway that showcased our dancing skills more than singing!!
Broadway: Quick Write That Down!!!!!!!!!
- The birth of newsies!
00:56 @ 01:17 behold the sexiest badass man in the world. even more so in the disney special
02:05 for those who say that jeremy jordan can't dance. here he proves the contrary. he dances the whole newspaper sequence in the background
Is Mike Faist in this number? I can't seem to spot him.
He is! He’s the one putting his cap on, wearing striped sleeveless t-shirt under the vest 3:20
Why I don’t interested in musicals in 2015 :(
I KNOW IT MAKES ME SO SAD THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS SHOW IN 2015!! I would've gotten a chance to atleast see the touring cast!
I did this performance when I was in third grade but now I’m in fourth grade