Newsie

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"Ticket To Somewhere New"

"Home Run"

## Musical

### Act One

> Starting the day like many others, **Newsie** shouts the day’s headline, announcing to the town that the fish are all gone. This quickly becomes the talk of the town, with many proposing theories and wildly speculating about the disappearance ("Gossip").
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> As he distributes the midday news, Newsie is approached by Alexa and learns that she is new in town and looking to join the baseball team. Concerned that the locals might rag on her, Newsie tells her to be careful on how she refers to the town’s name. When he further  informs her that the town lost both it’s star batter and pitcher, Newsie is surprised to learn that she is skilled at both, as pitchers are classically not very good batters. Asked for advice, Newsie tells Alexa about Mountport’s various intricacies- like when to say hi versus hi-ho as a greeting, how to consume the local tuna, and to avoid the Big ‘ol Tree ("How to Succeed in Mountport").
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### Act Two

> The next week the Newsie distributes the paper like normal, informing the town that, while the fish are still gone, the number one suspect for the disappearance is now Tina Johnson. Furthermore, it is believed that Tina had framed Ethel, who had been wrongly accused.
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> Newsie is tracked down by Alexa while he distributes yet another paper, and she strikes up a conversation. He quickly informs her that the tower has grown even taller and now casts a giant shadow all across the baseball field. When Alexa points out the tower can’t have been built to code if it has been built so fast, Newsie confirms that not only is that the case, but because Tina doesn’t like building regulations she has actively constructed it in a way that is not earthquake safe. When Alexa begins to pitch her plan to take the building down, Newsie is supportive but expresses how the town's too scared to stand up to Tina on their own. Spurred on by Alexa, he is excited at the prospect of finally writing the headline and bringing the town together to take down the tower, though he ends up distributing Alexa’s own ideas ("What Money Can't Buy").
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> As the tower is being taken down and Alexa leads several townspeople into a final confrontation with Tina, Newsie receives word that the town’s Conductor has died from eating too much tuna. Joining the others in their confrontation, he is able to convince Tina to stop her plans as this leaves her free to pursue her real dream- conducting a train ("Ticket To Somewhere New").
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> With the confrontation resolved, Newsie reminds Alexa of the big game, and follows her over with many others to watch the spectacle. There, he celebrates with the town when Alexa hits a home run off her own pitch, and plans to head to Palm Springs with both her and Tina (“Home Run”).
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## Memorable Quotes

"Pitchers are classically not usually good batters." - prelude to "How to Succeed in Mountport"

"Just a touch is enough." - "How to Succeed in Mountport"

"She doesn't like building regulations so she actively builds it in a way that is not earthquake safe." - prelude to "What Money Can't Buy"

## Trivia

* Of the main characters, Newsie appears in the least number of musical numbers
* Newsie is the only main character not to have a known name