<P> The original cast of the Broadway production featured Jeremy Jordan as Jack Kelly and John Dossett as newspaper tycoon Joseph Pulitzer . The cast also included Kara Lindsay as Katherine Plumber , Capathia Jenkins as Medda Larkin , Ben Fankhauser as Davey , Andrew Keenan - Bolger as Crutchie , and Lewis Grosso and Matthew Schechter sharing the role of Les . The Broadway production cost about $5 million to stage . Newsies recouped its initial investment of $5 M in 7 months , becoming the fastest of any Disney musical on Broadway to turn a profit . </P>
<P> The original cast of the Broadway production featured Jeremy Jordan as Jack Kelly and John Dossett as newspaper tycoon Joseph Pulitzer . The cast also included Kara Lindsay as Katherine Plumber , Capathia Jenkins as Medda Larkin , Ben Fankhauser as Davey , Andrew Keenan - Bolger as Crutchie , and Lewis Grosso and Matthew Schechter sharing the role of Les . The Broadway production cost about $5 million to stage . Newsies recouped its initial investment of $5 M in 7 months , becoming the fastest of any Disney musical on Broadway to turn a profit . </P>
who plays jack kelly in newsies on broadway
who plays jack kelly in newsies on broadway
Jeremy Jordan
Jeremy Jordan