

The West Haven Theatre Workshop cast and crew, under the direction of Tracy Stratton performed “Newsies – A Broadway Musical” last week. The production brought hundreds to the WHHS auditorium for the large-cast musical. The troupe performed four shows of the from Thursday, April 4 through Saturday, April 6.The show was based on the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899, in which this new Disney musical told the story of Jack Kelly, a rebellious newsboy who dreamed of a life as an artist away from the big city. After publishing giant Joseph Pulitzer raised newspaper prices at the newsboys’ expense, Kelly and his fellow newsies acted.