This is a rare oversized advertising postcard promoting the Pre-Broadway tryout and WORLD PREMIERE engagement of the ALAN MENKEN, JACK FELDMAN and HARVEY FIERSTEIN musical "NEWSIES" at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey beginning September 15th, 2011. (The production opened September 15th, 2011 and played a limited engagement of five weeks. The show would open March 29th, 2012 at New York's Nederlander Theatre and close August 24th, 2014 after 1004 performances.) ..... Based on the 1992 Disney film, the musical starred JEREMY JORDAN, JOHN DOSSETT, BEN FANKHAUSER and KARA LINDSAY and featured VINCENT AGNELLO, AARON J. ALBANO, MARK ALDRICH, HELEN ANKER, TOMMY BRACCO, JOHN E. BRADY, RYAN BRESLIN, KEVIN CAROLAN, KYLE COFFMAN, MAX EHRICH, MIKE FAIST, R.J. FATTORI, J.P. FERRERI, JULIE FOLDESI, GARETT HAWE, COREY HUMMERSTON, EVAN KASPRZAK, ANDREW KEENAN-BOLGER, STUART MARLAND, MICHAEL McARTHUR, ANDY RICHARDSON, JACK SCOTT, SCOTT SHEDENHELM, RYAN STEELE, BRENDON STIMSON, NICK SULLIVAN and LAURIE VELDHEER ..... CREDITS: Music by ALAN MENKEN ("Little Shop of Horrors", "King David", "A Christmas Carol", "The Little Mermaid", "Sister Act" and for Disney; "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", "Newsies", "Pocahontas", "Hercules", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "The Little Mermaid"); Lyrics by JACK FELDMAN; Book by HARVEY FIERSTEIN based on the 1992 Disney film written by BOB TZUDIKER and NONI WHITE; Sets designed TOBIN OST; Costumes designed by JESS GOLDSTEIN; Choreographed by CHRISTOPHER GATTELLI; Directed by JEFF CALHOUN; Produced by PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE by special arrangement with DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS ..... DETAILS: The oversized postcard measures 6" X 9" inches and includes beautiful graphics and performance dates on the front and production credits, a performance calendar and promotional text on the correspondence side. The postcard was not postally used ..... CONDITION: This postcard is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.