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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><u><font size="5" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">Newsies</span></font></u></i></b><b><u><font size="5" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black;font-weight:bold">
Premieres Exclusive Video with Al</span></font></u></b><b><u><font size="5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
font-weight:bold">a<font color="black"><span style="color:black">n Menken and Jeremy Jordan TODAY on WSJ.com</span></font></span></font></u></b><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D"> </span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D"><U1:P></U1:P> </span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"> </span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black;
font-style:italic">Wednesday, June 6<sup>th</sup> 2012 -<st1:city u2:st="on">
<st1:City w:st="on">New York</st1:city></st1:City>, <st1:state u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">NY</st1:State></span></font></i><i><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-style:italic">
<font color="black"><span style="color:black">-</st1:state> </span></font></span></font></i><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black">The irresistible, highly acclaimed
<b><i><span style="font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic">Newsies</span></i></b> released an exclusive video of the bonus track,
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">“<st1:city u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Santa Fe</st1:city></st1:City></st1:place>”
</span></b>today on WSJ.com, watch it <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/06/06/tony-nominee-jeremy-jordan-sings-from-newsies/">
HERE</a>. This unique footage gives an insider perspective of the intimate </span>
</font><font size="2" color="#003300" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#003300">NYC
</span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">studio setting with Tony-nominated star Jeremy Jordan singing</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">
a stripped-down alternate version of<font color="black"><span style="color:black">
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">“<st1:city u2:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Santa Fe</st1:city></st1:place></st1:City>”</span></b> accompanied by Academy Award Winner Alan Menken on piano.</span></font> This version of “<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Santa
Fe</span></b></st1:place></st1:City>” is featured as one of the three special bonus tracks on the physical release of
<b><i><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">Newsies </span></i>Original Broadway Cast Recording.
</b>For more information on the cast recording, visit: <a href="http://newsiesthemusical.com/music" title="http://newsiesthemusical.com/music">
http://newsiesthemusical.com/music</a><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"><U1:P></U1:P>After only
</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri">three<font color="black"><span style="color:black"> weeks since the highly anticipated
<b><i><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:
italic">Newsies </span></i>Original Broadway Cast Recording
</b>became available in stores on <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Ghostlight Records</span></b>, it’s the bestselling original cast recording of a new musical in 2012. After its digital release, the
<b><i><span style="font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic">Newsies </span></i>Original Broadway Cast Recording
</b>debuted in the Billboard Top 200, Top Digital Chart and at #1 on the Top Broadway Chart. This season, <b><i><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">Newsies</span></i></b> has already been nominated for eight Tony awards, seven Outer Critics Circle
Awards, six Drama Desk Awards and two Drama League Awards, including Best Musical nods from all four organizations. Earlier this month, the
<b><i><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">Newsies</span></i></b></span></font><b><i><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">
</span></i></b><font color="black"><span style="color:black">cast premiered their first music video “<b><span style="font-weight:bold">The World Will Know</span></b>,” on
<a href="http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2012/05/16/newsies-behind-the-scenes-video/" title="http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2012/05/16/newsies-behind-the-scenes-video/">
MTV.com</a> featuring exclusive footage from the recording session and scenes from the hit Broadway show.
</span></font></span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"> </span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">In celebration of their success, the
<b><i><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">Newsies</span></i></b> cast
</span></font><font size="2" color="#003300" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#003300">will be
</span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black">at Barnes and Noble in NYC on June 22<sup>nd</sup> for a performance and signing</span></font><font size="2" color="#003300" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#003300">,
don’t miss this special event!</span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"> </span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Set in New York City at the turn of the century, <b><i><span style="font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic">Newsies</span></i></b> is
the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged ‘newsies,’ who dreams only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution
prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies newsies from across the city to strike for what’s right. <b><i><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">Newsies</span></i></b> is inspired by the real-life ‘Newsboy Strike
of 1899,’ when newsboy Kid Blink led a band of orphan and runaway newsies on a two-week-long action against Pulitzer, Hearst and other powerful newspaper publishers. </span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black;
text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold"> </span></font></b><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">For more information on
<b><i><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">Newsies</span></i></b>, please visit
<a href="http://NewsiesTheMusical.com" title="http://NewsiesTheMusical.com">NewsiesTheMusical.com</a>, <a href="http://Facebook.com/Newsies" title="http://Facebook.com/Newsies">Facebook.com/Newsies</a> and <a href="http://Twitter.com/Newsies" title="http://Twitter.com/Newsies">Twitter.com/Newsies</a>.</span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="olive" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:olive"> </span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black;font-weight:bold">For more information on the Original Cast Recording, contact:</span></font></b><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black;font-weight:bold"> </span></font></b><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black;font-weight:bold">Press Here</span></font></b><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black">Gina Schulman, <a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com" title="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com">gina@pressherepublicity.com</a></span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black">Samara Shwidock,
<a href="mailto:samara@pressherepublicity.com" title="mailto:samara@pressherepublicity.com">
samara@pressherepublicity.com</a> </span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black"> </span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black;font-weight:bold">Disney Theatrical Group</span></font></b><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black">Michael Cohen,
<a href="mailto:Michael.A.Cohen@Disney.com" title="mailto:Michael.A.Cohen@Disney.com">
Michael.A.Cohen@Disney.com</a></span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black;font-style:italic"> </span></font></i><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black;font-weight:bold">For more information on
<i><span style="font-style:italic">Newsies</span></i>, the Musical, contact:</span></font></b><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black;font-weight:bold">Disney Theatrical Group</span></font></b><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black">Dennis Crowley,
<a href="mailto:Dennis.M.Crowley@Disney.com" title="mailto:Dennis.M.Crowley@Disney.com">
Dennis.M.Crowley@Disney.com</a></span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black">Michelle Bergmann,
<a href="mailto:Michelle.Bergmann@Disney.com" title="mailto:Michelle.Bergmann@Disney.com">
Michelle.Bergmann@Disney.com</a></span></font><U1:P></U1:P><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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