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'Newsies,' 2012's Surprise Broadway Hit, Closes After Just Over a Thousand Performances

Disney Theatricals quits while it's ahead and takes its hit musical on the road. The hit Broadway musical Newsies, which opened in March 2012 for what was to be a limited engagement of just 101 shows but became a surprise long-running hit, closed last night after 1,005 performances.