Jeremy Jordan On Verge of Joining Broadway Move of Disney's 'Newsies' January 3, 2012, 12:04 pm One of the major casting questions pending on Broadway is whether "Newsies," this spring's new Disney musical, will star Jeremy Jordan, whose performance as newsboy Jack Kelly drew critical acclaim in the show's premiere in New Jersey last year and helped persuade Disney Theatrical Productions to transfer it to New York. Now that Mr. Jordan is free from the Broadway musical "Bonnie & Clyde," which closed on Friday, it's a good bet that he'll be hawking "papes" as Jack on Broadway. The director of "Newsies," Jeff Calhoun, who also directed Mr. Jordan in "Bonnie & Clyde," recently told BroadwayWorld.com that "it'll be fun to be with Jeremy again" - which was apparently an inadvertent slip on his part, since a moment later Mr. Calhoun lamented that he might get "in trouble" for saying that. Speaking of the actor and Disney, Mr. Calhoun added, "I'm sure they'll work out things and he'll be back as Jack Kelly." Mr. Jordan, when told of Mr. Calhoun's remarks, laughed and then came close to confirming the scoop to the theater Web site: "I think it's safe to say that I will probably be on board with that. It's not 100 percent by any means yet, but I imagine pretty soon things will all get worked out. Disney's Twitter account for the "Newsies" production, as well as Mr. Jordan, sent out messages on Monday night highlighting these remarks, indicating a level of confirmation. But on Tuesday morning, a Disney spokesman declined to comment, although he did acknowledge that @Newsies is Disney's official Twitter account for the show. The $5 million musical is scheduled to run at the Nederlander Theater only from March 15 to June 10, though the run could be extended if the show is a hit. "Newsies" will open in time to qualify for the Tony Award, in a season when the Tony for best musical is seen as up for grabs; "Newsies" is already considered a likely contender for a nomination even before the show opens, as is the forthcoming romantic musical "Once," which is moving to Broadway this winter from the New York Theater Workshop.