Hit Broadway Musical THE OUTSIDERS to Transfer to the West End

This heartbreaking, powerful musical is based on the 1967 novel by S.E. Hinton, a coming of age story set in Tulsa Oklahoma, in which fourteen-year-old Ponyboy Curtis, his older brothers, and their friends all belong to a gang of social outcasts called the Greasers. It follows these troubled young men as they clash with their rival gang, the Socs, grapple with violence on the streets and abuse at home, and try to find their place in a world that may never accept them.

The stage adaptation premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse in March 2023, and opened at Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on 11 April 2024. It went on to win four Tony Awards, including Best Musical, in 2024. It has a a book by Adam Rapp with Justin Levine, music and lyrics by Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine, and music supervision, orchestration and arrangements by Justin Levine. The show is directed by Danya Taymor (John Proctor is the Villain).

The Broadway production has played over 740 performances and a North American tour is currently in progress. Alongside a West End production, the show will also open in Asia and Australia.

This transfer has been wildly anticipated by British audiences who fell in love with Hinton's novel or the musical's soulful soundtrack, and will now have a chance to experience this raw, harrowing story for themselves. More details will likely be announced in the near future about dates, venue, and casting for the London run of The Outsiders.