Newsies

Newsies (2017) is the filmed Broadway staging of Disney's stage musical, and you can watch it online on iFILM. The recording captures the whole production as performed — songs, dance numbers and the story of New York's newsboys going on strike at the turn of the century.

At its heart is Jack Kelly, played by Jeremy Jordan. The boys sell papers for pennies, and when publisher Joseph Pulitzer raises their cost to pad his own profits, they walk out. Arrayed against them: money, the police, and the connections of the most powerful press baron in the country. The show lives on its choreography — acrobatics, tap, and full-cast numbers like "Seize the Day" and "The World Will Know," shot straight off the stage.

The plot draws on the real Newsboys' Strike of 1899, while the musical itself grew out of Disney's 1992 film and went on to take home two Tony Awards. This one is for theater lovers who want a live Broadway performance rather than a studio adaptation. The energy of the room comes through in every number. Stream Newsies (2017) online on iFILM.