NEWSIES Turns Passion Into Performance
The Upper School production of NEWSIES ran from February 5 to 8 and attracted over 600 attendees with its bold performances, tight choreography, and live music played by a 12-member student and staff pit band.
Auditions began in mid-September for this large-scale project that involved students, faculty and staff from across Crescent, as well as friends from Havergal. Their months of practice and rehearsal paid off and every performance drew cheers from their audience and ended in standing ovations.
The roots of NEWSIES are an 1899 strike where New York newsboys demanded better compensation for their work. “At its heart, NEWSIES is about the power of young voices,” says Crescent’s Director for the Arts Godric Latimer-Kim. “Like the real-life newsies of 1899, our company has come together, embraced the challenges, lifted each other up, worked tirelessly, and poured their hearts into every moment of this production to make it something truly special.”
