With a book by Harvey Fierstein, music by Alan Menken, and lyrics by Jack Feldman, Newsies adapts the 1992 Disney film into a full-scale musical, offering non-stop thrills and a timeless message of fighting for what's right. Set in turn-of-the century New York City, Newsies tells the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged "newsies." When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys' expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions.