The Real-Life 'Smash' Story of 'Newsies' Star Jeremy Jordan

Rolling Stone: Earlier this year, the cult-classic Disney movie Newsies debuted as a Broadway musical – 20 years after the film, about a turn-of-the-century newsboy strike, first hit theaters, and six months after a successful out-of-town tryout proved to be a bona fide stage hit. Jeremy Jordan, a Texas native who made his own Broadway debut in the hair metal musical Rock Of Ages three years ago, currently plays the same role that a then-unknown Christian Bale tackled in the movie: Jack Kelly, the tough guy with a heart who led the newsies' strike and belted his hopes for a new tomorrow on the song "Santa Fe."