The Outsiders: A New Musical, more colloquially known as The Outsiders, is a 2023 coming-of-age musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance from the folk rock band Jamestown Revival alongside Justin Levine and a book by Adam Rapp and Levine.[1][2] It is based on The Outsiders, first published in 1967 and written by S. E. Hinton, and on its 1983 film adaptation written by Kathleen Rowell and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.[3] It is the second stage adaptation of Hinton's novel, following the 1990 play by Christopher Sergel.[4]
The musical, told from the perspective of 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis, is set in Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 1960s and follows the conflict between two rival gangs divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class "Greasers" and the upper-middle-class "Socs" (pronounced /ˈsoʊʃɪz/ SOH-shiz—short for Socialites).[5]
The musical received twelve nominations at the 77th Tony Awards and won four awards, including Best Musical.[6] Additionally, the musical's cast album was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.[7]
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