things i noticed whilst watching newsies live again today
- during seize the day when Jeremy Jordan and Ben Fankhauser run offstage bc they can’t dance
- how during king of new york ben f. is shoved to the back where you cant see him and when you do see him he is very visibly counting along to the music
- SPECS DOES THE WORM ON THE TABLE IN THE BACK NEAR THE END OF KING OF NEW YORK’
- at the end of Watch What Happens (Reprise) when Les says ‘and I gotta date!’ and Davey steals his hat, Jack hits Les with his own hat, Les steals back his hat and promptly hits Jack on the chest with it
- I want to applaud the costume department for giving Katherine’s dress a little hook so she could hook the skirt to her belt for the dance solo
- how Ethan (Les) is also shoved to the back during king of new york
- when Tommy Boy is doing the pirouettes at the end of the song he does the focusing thing where you keep your eyes on one spot as long as you can and then spin your head real quick and get sight of the spot again to avoid getting dizzy and its really cool to watch because you wouldn’t notice unless you knew the trick and the above shot shows that his head is turning much slower than his body
- when jack says ‘keep your shirt on!’ to the kid in front of him just before the world will know and the kid starts pulling at his shirt as if saying something like ‘oh you want me to keep my shirt on, eh? what if I just take it off?’
- the same kid leaping clear to the other side of the stage when Les yells “LET THE MAN WORK IT OUT!”
- at the end of the world will know when they get thrown out of Pulitzer’s office and Davey is lying on the ground holding his hip like an old man
- on a similar note; Les yelling at that guard dude? inspirational? i love one (1) boy??
