“The Outsiders” technically starts before the show actually starts.When shuffling into the cozy 1,041-seat Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, it’s impossible to miss star Ponyboy Curtis (Brody Grant; at my Oct.
3 show, understudy Trevor Wayne took the reins) sitting stage right scribbling in his notebook.After getting comfortable in your seat and observing Ponyboy lost in thought, the Tony Award-winning rural musical finally gets underway.Right out of the gate, “The Outsiders” is a wallop transporting theatergoers back to 1967 Tulsa (even if you’ve never been there, you’re now there).
Ponyboy takes center stage with his distinctly American staccato and introduces his brothers Darrel (Brent Comer, the Curtis family’s steady rock) and Sodapop (Jason Schmidt, alternately breathing life into the show and trembling with vulnerability) through song.
This is the moment the musical loudly announces itself as innovative tour de force.Rather than simply have Ponyboy’s brothers sing their verses, a scrim behind our lead character reveals them bathed in warm orange-yellow light going about their lives while the youngest sibling tells us about their day-to-day existences through song.
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