The Outsiders Cancels January 25 Matinee Performance on Broadway Due to Power Outage | Playbill

Broadway News The Outsiders Cancels January 25 Matinee Performance on Broadway Due to Power Outage

The evening performance at the Bernard B. Jacobs will go on as planned.

Cast of The Outsiders Matthew Murphy

It's an eventful weekend for The Outsiders at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Following the news that one of its cast members, Joshua Boone, is leaving January 26, the show announced that it is cancelling its January 25 matinee performance due to a Con Edison power outage at the theatre. Audience members are encouraged to contact their point of purchase for more information.

The show will resume performances at the January 25 evening show. 

Currently running at the Jacobs Theatre, where the musical opened April 11, 2024, The Outsiders is adapted from S.E. Hinton's novel and Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation. Set in 1967 Tulsa, Oklahoma, the musical follows Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, and their chosen family of "outsiders," who are in a fight for survival and a quest for purpose in a world that may never accept them. The musical features a book by Adam Rapp with Justin Levine and music and lyrics by Jamestown Revival and Levine.

The Outsiders won the Best Musical Tony Award as well as Best Direction of a Musical (Danya Taymor), Lighting Design (Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim), and Sound Design (Cody Spencer) at the 2024 Tony Awards.

The current cast also includes Brody Grant as Ponyboy, Brent Comer as Darrel, Jason Schmidt as Sodapop, Sky Lakota-Lynch (Dear Evan Hansen) as Johnny, Emma Pittman (Chicago) as Cherry Valance, Daryl Tofa (Back to the Future) as Two-Bit Mathews, Kevin William Paul as Bob Sheldon, and Dan Berry as Paul.

Led by Taymor, the production features music supervision, arrangements, and orchestrations by Levine; choreography by Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman; scenography by AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian; costume design by Sarafina Bush; Tony-winning lighting design by Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim; Tony-winning sound design by Cody Spencer; and music direction by Matt Hinkley. Casting is by Tara Rubin Casting's Xavier Rubiano. Milena J. Comeau and Tilly Evans-Krueger serve as dance captains, and Henry Julián Gendron is fight captain

Photos: The Outsiders On Broadway

 
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