“The Outsiders” Star Matt Dillon Visits Broadway Show, Poses with Producers Angelina Jolie, Daughter Vivienne
Preview performances for the musical adaptation are currently underway, with an opening night of April 11
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Matt Dillon poses with Angelina Jolie, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt and more at 'The Outsiders' on Broadway in New York City on April 3, 2024Matt Dillon is staying gold on the Great White Way.
The actor, who starred as Dallas "Dally" Winston in the 1983 film The Outsiders, stopped by the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York City on Wednesday, April 3, for a performance of the story's Broadway musical adaption, which is currently playing in previews.
Dillon, 60, posed for multiple group photos with the cast and crew, which included two of its producers: Angelina Jolie and her 15-year-old daughter Vivienne.
The star posed in the middle of a large group shot with Vivienne seated below him, while Jolie, 48, was pictured near the right of the photo.
A smaller group snap featured several of the musical's core cast — Sky Lakota-Lynch, Kevin William Paul, Brent Comer, Joshua Boone, Joshua Schmidt and Brody Grant — along with Dillon and Jolie.
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From L: Sky Lakota-Lynch, Angelina Jolie, Kevin William Paul, Brent Comer, Joshua Boone, Joshua Schmidt, Matt Dillon and Brody Grant at The Outsiders on Broadway in New York City on April 3, 2024Related: See a Young Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio and Diane Lane Audition for The Outsiders in 1982
Based on S. E. Hinton's beloved 1967 coming-of-age novel, The Outsiders movie takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960s and follows brothers Ponyboy Curtis (C. Thomas Howell), Darrel Curtis (Patrick Swayze), Sodapop "Soda" Curtis (Rob Lowe) and their group of friends some time after the death of the Curtis brothers' parents. Its plot largely revolves around conflicts between the group of greasers and more affluent teenagers in the city, known as Socs.
The Francis Ford Coppola-directed movie also stars Ralph Macchio as Johnny Cade, Emilio Estevez as Keith "Two-Bit" Mathews, Tom Cruise as Steve Randle and Diane Lane as Cherry Valance.
Jolie is one of the lead producers on the musical, a project she was inspired to take on after Vivienne saw the out-of-town tryout at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego. The teenager will be involved closely in the production, Jolie said in August.
"Viv reminds me of my mother in that she isn’t focused on being the center of attention but in being a support to other creatives," Jolie said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE. "She’s very thoughtful and serious about theatre and working hard to best understand how to contribute."
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From L: Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, Emilio Estevez and Patrick Swayze on the set of The Outsiders (1983)Last month, PEOPLE shared the exclusive first listen and music-video premiere of one of the musical's most poignant songs: "Stay Gold," a phrase that will be familiar to fans of The Outsiders.
Inspired by Robert Frost’s poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay," it's a line told to protagonist Ponyboy (played in the Broadway adaptation by Grant) by close friend Johnny (played by Lakota-Lynch) during one of the story's most pivotal moments.
The musical cites both the novel and film as source material. Aside from writing the score, Justin Levine is also credited as the co-book writer with Adam Rapp. Levine provided music arrangements and orchestrations, too, with additional orchestrations by musical director Matt Hinkley.
Danya Taymor directs, with choreography by Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman.
Tickets for The Outsiders, which officially opens April 11, are on sale now at outsidersmusical.com.
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