Newsies

The story

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.

• new york city
• musical
• based on true story
• teenage girl
• teenage boy
• juvenile crime
• brawl
• boy singer
• name change
• slingshot