THE OUTSIDERS On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread- Page 2

[Dom P]

Posted: 8/9/23 at 2:57pm

DaveyG said: "jacobsnchz14 said: "Angelina Jolie has joined on as producer.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Angelina-Jolie-Joins-Producing-Team-of-Broadway--Bound-THE-OUTSIDERS-20230809"

Do these celeb producers make a difference?

I think the bigger issue here is that Araca is lead producing. These are the geniuses that gave us Diana, The Musical."

Celebrity producers provide funds. I hope this happens and is well received.  Might this fit well into Circle in the Square? 

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 8/9/23 at 2:57pm

DaveyG said: "jacobsnchz14 said: "Angelina Jolie has joined on as producer.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Angelina-Jolie-Joins-Producing-Team-of-Broadway--Bound-THE-OUTSIDERS-20230809"

Do these celeb producers make a difference?

I think the bigger issue here is that Araca is lead producing. These are the geniuses that gave us Diana, The Musical."

Araca like the merch company? They produce now?

[Dom P]

Posted: 8/9/23 at 3:01pm

jkcohen626 said: "DaveyG said: "jacobsnchz14 said: "Angelina Jolie has joined on as producer.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Angelina-Jolie-Joins-Producing-Team-of-Broadway--Bound-THE-OUTSIDERS-20230809"

Do these celeb producers make a difference?

I think the bigger issue here is that Araca is lead producing. These are the geniuses that gave us Diana, The Musical."

Araca like the merch company? They produce now?"

They are listed in the Producers credits of many Broadway and touring shows.

[Dom P]

Posted: 8/9/23 at 3:04pm

jkcohen626 said: "DaveyG said: "jacobsnchz14 said: "Angelina Jolie has joined on as producer.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Angelina-Jolie-Joins-Producing-Team-of-Broadway--Bound-THE-OUTSIDERS-20230809"
 

 

IBDB provides the full list, when your search under the Araca Group.
Do these celeb producers make a difference?

I think the bigger issue here is that Araca is lead producing. These are the geniuses that gave us Diana, The Musical."

Araca like the merch company? They produce now?"

 

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 8/9/23 at 3:24pm

Dom P said: "jkcohen626 said: "DaveyG said: "jacobsnchz14 said: "Angelina Jolie has joined on as producer.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Angelina-Jolie-Joins-Producing-Team-of-Broadway--Bound-THE-OUTSIDERS-20230809"




IBDB provides the full list, when your search under the Araca Group.
Do these celeb producers make a difference?

I think the bigger issue here is that Araca is lead producing. These are the geniuses that gave us Diana, The Musical."

Araca like the merch company? They produce now?"

"

They’ve been producing since Urinetown and Wicked, it seems. I knew about Wicked but not Urinetown. 

[CathyM3]

Posted: 8/9/23 at 10:13pm

Saw this in LaJolla and thought there was something there. Cast was phenomenal but the storytelling needed some work. This is an iconic book, one dear to so many people’s heart. I felt like they were  straying too far from the core message about the importance of your village, especially when you’re an “outsider”.  Hope they have worked on bringing some of that back into the narrative. 

Updated On: 8/12/23 at 10:13 PM

[Voter]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 3:11pm

This had a reading this week. I still can't post photos here, so I'll type out the bill.

 

Ponyboy - Brody Grant

Johnny Cade - Sky Lakota-Lynch

Dallas Winston - Joshua Boone

Darrel Curtis - Brent Comer

Sodapop Curtis - Jason Schmidt

Two-Bit - Daryl Tofa

Cherry - Emma Pittman

Bob/Cop - Kevin William Paul

Paul - Sean H Jones

Ensemble - Jacob Burns, Jordan Chin, Tilly Evans-Krueger, Henry Julian Gendron, Renni Anthony Magee, SarahGrace Mariani, Junior Nyong'O, Melody Rose

Stage Directions - Freddie Fulton

[Bwayornoway]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 7:50pm

Looks like the majority of the main cast from La Jolla are still in it - Ryan Vasquez obviously going to Notebook or Water for Elephants.  I would be curious when it starts production if they will hire any new blood in the creative team?

[theatretenor2]

Posted: 12/7/23 at 5:11pm

CathyM3 said: "Saw this in LaJolla and thought there was something there. Cast was phenomenal but the storytelling needed some work. This is an iconic book, one dear to so many people’s heart. I felt like they were straying too far from the core message about the importance of your village, especially when you’re an “outsider”. Hope they have worked on bringing some of that back into the narrative."

Do you recall if there was a lot of language or any inappropriate content for kids under 14? I remember the movie was only PG, so curious.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 12/7/23 at 7:31pm

Do you recall if there was a lot of language or any inappropriate content for kids under 14? I remember the movie was only PG, so curious.

Language was never an issue, THE OUTSIDERS includes 2 deaths (one by stabbing) and gang violence including a rumble. Also, family dysfunction so it’s not a tear-jerking coming-of-age story.  

[RumTumJM]

Posted: 12/7/23 at 10:57pm

Doesn't one character get shot, under a streetlight, by the cops, because he pulls out an unloaded gun? - I thought I remember that from the book, which I read in 8th grade.

I was surprised when the list of advisories that I saw didn't mention gunshots, etc. 

[Voter]

Posted: 12/7/23 at 11:06pm

RumTumJM said: "Doesn't one character get shot, under a streetlight, by the cops, because he pulls out an unloaded gun? - I thought I remember that from the book, which I read in 8th grade.

I was surprised when the list of advisories that I saw didn't mention gunshots, etc."


 

I don’t like gunshots and shows as well. I need to know as well.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 12/8/23 at 9:13am

https://bit.ly/OutisdersFullCast

Newly added to the cast is Dan Berry, who will make his Broadway debut in the role of Paul Holden. He joins the previously announced Brody Grant as Ponyboy, Brent Comer as Darrel, Jason Schmidt as Sodapop, Sky Lakota-Lynch as Johnny, Joshua Boone as Dallas Winston, Emma Pittman as Cherry Valance, Daryl Tofa as Two-Bit Mathews, and Kevin William Paul as Bob Sheldon. 

Paul, Grant, Comer, Schmidt, and Lakota-Lynch are all reprising their performances from the musical's La Jolla Playhouse world premiere earlier this year. Tofa, who performed in the musical's ensemble during the world premiere run, is new to his role.

Also joining the company are Jordan Chin, Milena J. Comeau, Barton Cowperthwaite, Tilly Evans-Krueger, Henry Gendron, RJ Higton, Wonza Johnson, Sean Harrison Jones, Maggie Kuntz, Renni Anthony Magee, SarahGrace Mariani, Melody Rose, Josh Strobl, Victor Carrillo Tracey, and Trevor Wayne.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 1/27/24 at 4:23pm

Does anyone know what ever happened to Liesl Tommy’s involvement with this show. Liesl was initially announced as the director for when the show was going to premiere in Chicago in 2020; obviously that didn’t come to fruition.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 2/6/24 at 1:31pm

https://ew.com/the-outsiders-broadway-musical-first-look-exclusive-8559104

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 2/6/24 at 1:43pm

Glad to see them getting some high profile marketing space. Among the new musicals, it feels like Suffs and Lempicka have kinda been dominating the space. Not sure if that's just my perception because those are the shows I'm excited for and have interacted with online. But, I feel like Outsiders especially hasn't made any sort of splash yet. 

[BwayinVan]

Posted: 2/6/24 at 4:27pm

I’m pretty excited for this. Wonder if there will be any codes available?

[amiyagi]

Posted: 2/22/24 at 3:28pm

They must be bringing school groups to this? I'm planning a trip in May and was putting this down for a Wed matinee but they're almost sold out and don't love the idea of an audience full of teenagers. Did it once with a Phantom matinee and it was horrible. 

[lopside]

Posted: 2/23/24 at 7:43am

On the Road With ‘The Outsiders,’ Where the Greasers and Socs Rumbled



Many of the cast members, most of them in their 20s, are making their Broadway debuts, as is their lead producer, Angelina Jolie, in her first foray into theater.

Jolie said that she and the show’s director, Danya Taymor, were among the team members pushing to take the Tulsa journey before final rehearsals. “To be there, and with S.E. Hinton,” she wrote in an email, “was deeply moving and grounded the whole production.”

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/5/24 at 5:50pm

A music video for “Tulsa, 1967” releases tomorrow. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/6/24 at 12:48pm

 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 3/6/24 at 1:08pm

amiyagi said: "They must be bringing school groups to this? I'm planning a trip in May and was putting this down for a Wed matineebut they're almost sold out and don't love the idea of an audience full of teenagers. Did it once with a Phantom matinee and it was horrible."

They absolutely are bringing many school groups to this. The discount codes (ponyboy and ponysocial) do not work on Wednesday matinees for that reason. So, if you don't like teens and don't trust the chaperones to shut them up, I would skip that day if you can. 

[theatretenor2]

Posted: 3/7/24 at 11:19am

I'm 42 and watched this film for the first time last night. I wish I had been able to watch it when I was younger as I think it would have had greater impact. Nonetheless, I'm super excited to see the first preview of this next Saturday when I'm in NY.

Having now seen the movie, I'm curious if "Great Expectations" is the song leading into the rumble? 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 3/7/24 at 11:49am

Hopefully you watched Francis Ford Coppola’s 2005 re-edit of the film which is called THE OUTSIDERS: The Complete Novel. For its original 1983 theatrical release, he was forced to do some trims and cuts to the film. When he decided on directing the film back in 1982, he chose to remain faithful to the original novel so he filmed the book verbatim. In 2005 he put back everything he had filmed in its place as he had initially intended. The 1983 cut of the film runs 91 minutes and 2005 The Complete Novel cut runs 114 minutes. 

 

[Eaker1780]

Posted: 3/7/24 at 11:56am

If it hasn’t changed from La Jolla, no it happens pretty early in the show. It’s the scene when the two brothers are going to bed and are chatting.