The Outsiders (musical)

The Outsiders
Broadway promotional poster, featuring the original cast.
MusicJonathan Clay
Zach Chance
Justin Levine
LyricsJonathan Clay
Zach Chance
Justin Levine
BookAdam Rapp
Justin Levine
Basis
PremiereFebruary 19, 2023 (2023-02-19): La Jolla Playhouse
Productions2023 La Jolla Playhouse
2024 Broadway
AwardsTony Award for Best Musical

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. 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. It is the second stage adaptation of Hinton's novel, following the 1990 play by Christopher Sergel.

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 /ˈsʃɪz/ SOH-shiz—short for Socialites).

The show received twelve nominations at the 77th Tony Awards and won four awards, including Best Musical.