https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sky-Lakota-Lynch-More-to-Star-in-THE-OUTSIDERS-on-Broadway-Listen-to-the-First-Track-Great-Expectations-From-OBC-Recording-20231101
The initial cast has been revealed for the Broadway premiere of The Outsiders, the new musical based on the seminal novel by S.E. Hinton & Francis Ford Coppola’s landmark motion picture. Brody Grant makes his Broadway debut in the role of Ponyboy, Sky Lakota-Lynch returns to Broadway in the role of Johnny, Brent Comer makes his Broadway debut in the role of Darrel and Jason Schmidt makes his Broadway debut in the role of Sodapop. Previews begin Saturday, March 16, 2024, ahead of a Thursday, April 11, 2024, opening night at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street).
The Original Broadway Cast Recording of The Outsiders is forthcoming from Sony Masterworks Broadway in 2024. The first track, “Great Expectations,” written and produced by Jonathan Clay, Zach Chance, and Justin Levine and featuring Brody Grant, is available now at all digital service providers – LISTEN HERE.
No surprises here.
Grant, Lakota-Lynch, and Schmidt all reprise their roles from San Diego. Comer played Paul in the La Jolla tryout, but here replaces Ryan Vasquez (who's working on The Notebook).
Joshua Boone will play Dallas, Emma Pittman will play Cherry, Daryl Tofa is Two-Bit, and Kevin William Paul is Bob.
Paul reprises his La Jolla role, while Tofa gets bumped up from his ensemble track.
Just like Jordan Dobson last year with Beautiful Noise and Bad Cinderella, now Tofa and Pittman are going from the ensemble of Back to the Future (early-in-the-season opening) to The Outsiders (spring opening).
May OUTSIDERS have a better fate than BAD CIN ;)
Barton Cowperthwaite is supposed to join the cast, but he announced on social media that he’s been diagnosed with stage 2 brain cancer, and it seems significant. So young. Praying for him. https://www.instagram.com/p/CzeaKPEPTGn/?igshid=Y2NkYjk0MDhjYg==
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