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Act One

New York City, 1899. In the early morning hours, teenage 鈥渘ewsie鈥� Jack Kelly is alone outside the compound where he lives with other homeless and orphaned newsboys. He is joined by his best friend, the disabled Crutchie, and together, they fantasize about leaving dirty, awful New York City for beautiful Santa Fe (鈥淪anta Fe鈥�). The other newsies begin to awaken and prepare for the long day ahead, selling 鈥減apes鈥� (newspapers) out on the tough streets of New York (鈥淐arrying the Banner鈥�).

Each day, these young boys gather outside the offices of New York鈥檚 most popular newspaper, the World, to purchase a stock of newspapers. They hope that they estimate correctly and buy the number that they will be able to sell over the course of the day. Today, Jack meets two new newsies at the paper stand: Davey Jacobs and his younger brother, Les. They are trying their hands as newsies in order to provide extra support for their family after their father suffered an accident and was left