The newsies face opposition from both inside and outside the strike, and eventually come up with a solution that helps both them and the newspaper companies they work for. When Joseph Pulitzer raises the price of newspapers, the leader of the newsies, Jack, inspires them to refuse to work until he lowers it to something they can afford.
#AIDA OVERTON WALKER MOD#
oml she's real? mod strings reblogĭisney’s Newsies is a musical based on the 1899 newsboy strike. So I hope you enjoyed learning abou the Queen of the Cakewalk herself! While they did perform in black face, they refused to perform demeaning minstrel acts.Īida Overton Walker was a leading lady to the stage and the inspiration for Aisha De Has(Medda-Newsies Live) along with Mae West(I’ll do a bio on her soon!). Williams and Walker were one of the few all-black acts allowed to perform on white vaudeville stage. She also earned the nickname “The Queen of the Cakewalk,” after popularizing the dance of the same name. While performing with the group, Aida met her future husband, prominent vaudeville performer George Walker.Īfter their marriage, Aida began working as a choreographer for his groundbreaking vaudevillian comedy duo Williams and Walker. She is the real life Medda Larkin.Īida was a 19th Century Vaudeville actress who worked in New York and also provided haven to the “newsies” or news boys who had no place to stay.īorn in New York City on Valentine’s Day 1880, Aida Overton began her career while still a teenager as a chorus member of Black Patti’s Troubadours
0 kommentar(er)
