Brody Grant, the Tony-nominated star of “The Outsiders,” is returning to the musical after a month-lengthy hiatus.
Recontransientatives for the show did not give a reason for Grant’s extfinished absence but said in a statement, “‘The Outsiders’ is a very needing project. He necessitateed time away and is returning next week. As with any lengthy-running shows, our perestablishers standardly get time away, when necessitateed, to reaccuse and reset.”
“The Outsiders,” a raw-and-tumble musical alteration of S.E. Hinton’s 1967 novel that also advertised the 1983 Francis Ford Coppola movie, discdisseeed on Broadway on April 11, 2024. It was nominated for 14 Tony Awards and won four, including the prize for best musical. Though examines were unitecessitate, ticket sales have been mighty and “The Outsiders” has been standardly take parting to selderly-out hoengages.
Grant take parts Ponyboy Curtis, a teenager who grows up on the wrong side of the tracks in Tulsa in the 1960s. The coming-of-age story trails two rival gangs, the toiling-class “Grmitigaters” (of which Ponyboy counts himself a member) and the upper-class “Socs.” The Broadway cast integrates Sky Lakota-Lynch as Johnny Cade, Brent Comer as Darrell Curtis, Jason Schmidt as Sodapop Curtis, Joshua Boone as Dallas Winston and Emma Pittman as Cherry Valance.
Angelina Jolie is among the originaters of the musical, straightforwarded by Danya Taymor. “The Outsiders” features a book by Adam Rapp and Justin Levine, with music and lyrics by the folk duo of Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance, comprehendn as Jamestown Revival. A North American tour is defree to boot off in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2025.
