From Broadway to Big D

Tony Award-winning Newsies will soon be king of Dallas

The musical Newsies had a long and winding road to success on Broadway, and now Dallasites will get to enjoy the next step in its journey. The Tony Award-winning show is headed to Winspear Opera House for a two-week stop during the 2014-2015 season.

The exact dates and times are not yet known, but Dallas is one of 24 cities confirmed to be part of the national tour. Newsies will also hold performances in Houston and San Antonio.

Despite being part of the ongoing trend of adapting movies into Broadway shows, Newsies is one of the least likely success stories in recent Broadway history. It's based on the 1992 Disney movie musical that was a critical and box office failure and was previously only really known as one of Christian Bale's earliest roles.

Another reason it shouldn't have caught on is its subject matter. It centers around a bunch of newsboys, or "newsies," at the turn of the 20th century who decide to go on strike when publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise prices at the expense of the newsies.

But expectations were flipped when Alan Menken and Jack Feldman, who had written the original songs, teamed up with Harvey Fierstein to bring the show to the Great White Way. Freed from the ignominy of its initial failure thanks to some killer new songs and dance numbers, the show was an instant success in 2012.

The show won Tony Awards for best choreography and best score, which included songs like "Santa Fe" and "King of New York." Originally scheduled for just a few dozen performances, Newsies is now approaching its 700th show.

Newsies became an instant success on Broadway 20 years after failing as a movie.

Photo by Deen Van Meer

Newsies became an instant success on Broadway 20 years after failing as a movie.

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Museum News

National Medal of Honor Museum offers preview at downtown Dallas event

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The AT&T Discovery District hosted a mobile museum pop-up.

A high-profile museum opening in 2025 offered a preview in downtown Dallas: It's The National Medal of Honor Museum, slated to open in Arlington, at Nolan Ryan Expressway and AT&T Way in the Stadium district in spring 2025.

To give folks a preview of coming attractions, the institution dispatched a mobile museum to make a visit to the AT&T Discovery District on November 20, during lunchtime when foot traffic is brisk.

Imagine the sense of wonder and amazement that downtown Dallas denizens must have felt upon the sight of a double decker bus, parked in the District, equipped with video and historical information about the Medal of Honor award, stories of the recipients, and a rendering of how the museum in Arlington will look.

The National Medal of Honor MuseumCourtesy rendering

The goal of The National Medal of Honor Museum is to inspire Americans by honoring and preserving the history of the highest military decoration awarded for valor in combat.

They hope it will serve as a national landmark, illustrating the historical thread of sacrifice and patriotism that runs through all U.S. military service members, past and present.

Beyond its state-of-the-art, interactive experiences, a critical part of the Museum’s mission will be to use the stories of Medal of Honor recipients to inspire their fellow Americans.

It will incorporate the AT&T Virtual Recipient Theater, an augmented reality experience where visitors can interact with with Medal of Honor recipients. The space will be equipped with cutting-edge conversational AI technology complete with voice recognition to allow museum goers to have a conversation in a 3D format with medal of honor recipients living and past.

It will also have AT&T Branded Wi-Fi throughput the museum.

Interior of the mobile Medal of Honor Museum.AT&T