Robert "Bob" Tzudiker (born August 28, 1953) is an American writer and actor. Tzudiker is best known for co-creating and writing the screenplay for '' Newsies'' along with his wife

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, which was based on the real-life

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. Newsies began as a "classic underdog story ripped from the history books", with writers

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and Tzudiker approaching producer

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with an idea for a nonmusical drama; however, Disney studio head

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redirected the project to become a musical. He shares writing credit on ''

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'' (1996), ''

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'' (1997), ''

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'' (1999), and '' 102 Dalmatians'' (2000). He also contributed to the film ''

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'' (1994) and has written screenplays for every major studio. The stage version of '' Newsies'' opened March 29, 2012, and closed on August 24, 2014, grossing over $100 million. The 2017 three-day cinema showing of ''Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical!'' broke ticketing records to become the highest-grossing Broadway event to date from Fathom Events. He is a member of the writers' branch of the

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. He received several nominations for the Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Screenwriting at the John Wells Division of Writing for Screen & Television at USC Cinematic Arts.School of Cinematic Arts Directory Profile
"Directory Profile: Bob Tzudiker"
/ref> Prior to writing, Bob worked as an actor, appearing in '' Total Recall'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', among many others. He is a graduate of St. John's College in Annapolis, MD.

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