<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><div dir="auto"><b>Ogden [Utah] theater debuts first ASL production of Newsies with three deaf lead actors</b></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><a href="https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/ogden-theater-debuts-first-asl-production-of-newsies-with-three-deaf-lead-actors">https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/ogden-theater-debuts-first-asl-production-of-newsies-with-three-deaf-lead-actors</a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><i>Posted: 9:51 PM, Feb 24, 2020<br></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><i>Updated: 11:51 PM, Feb 24, 2020<br></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><i>By: Elle Thomas</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">OGDEN, Utah – American Sign Language is taking center stage for the first time in the Beehive State with a first-ever ASL adaptation of the Broadway musical, "Newsies."</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">A dozen actors, decked out in full hair and makeup, filled the small back-stage area at the Ziegfeld Theater in Ogden Monday evening.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">“Yeah, I have that second part, I think you’re right,” one actress said to another as they stood in-front of the mirrors practicing their moves and lines.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">It’s the same high-energy, fast-paced, Disney Broadway musical you know and love.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">“Every actor uses English, the script is still completely intact, every note is still sung,” Parry said.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">But there is one major twist.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">“Every person on stage also signs their own lines,” Parry continued. “We have three deaf actors in the cast.”</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">For the first time, the entire production is being performed in American Sign Language. It’s also the first time an ASL production has been seen in the state of Utah.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">American Sign Language was ‘choreographed seamlessly’ into every line, to emphasize the emotion in each scene, song and dance.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><b>...</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><b><br></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><i style="">(Click link for full story)</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><b><br></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><b><br></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">MAM</div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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