Musical Theatre

“The Outsiders,” the musical that made its world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse in March, will begin previews on Broadway on 16 March 2024, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Opening night will be 11 April 2024.

The musical — by bookwriters Adam Rapp and Justin Levine and composers Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Levine — is based on S.E. Hinton’s seminal 1967 young adult novel “The Outsiders.” The coming-of-age story is about 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis, a smart but directionless orphan in Tulsa, Oklahoma, fighting to survive and find purpose and connection in a harsh world of poverty, class division, gangs, guns and pocket knives. It was adapted into movie by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983.

Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie recently joined the producing team at the prompting of her daughter.

General public tickets go on sale 1 November 2023, with group sales starting on 18 September.

“The Outsiders” is the second La Jolla Playhouse-born show that will be making its Broadway debut this season. The other is Barry Manilow’s “Harmony,” which made its world premiere at the Playhouse in 1997. “Harmony” will open in previews Oct. 18 at New York’s Barrymore Theatre. Opening night is scheduled for Nov. 13.