Angelina Jolie Receives Her First Tony Award for Production
Angelina Jolie won her first Tony Award for her production of The Outsiders: A New Musical.
On June 16, Angelina Jolie and her team took to the stage at Lincoln Center to accept her first Tony Award for her production of The Outsiders: A New Musical. By the end of the night, musical took home four awards. Aside from the Best New Musical award, Danya Taymor won Best Direction, Cody Spencer won Best Sound Design, and Brian MacDevit and Hana S. Kim won Best Lighting Design.
During a telecast, Jolie stated, “Society changes, but the experience of being an outsider is universal.” Adding, “To any young person — any person — feeling on the outside, you are not wrong to see what is unfair, you are not wrong to wish to find your own path.”
Jolie walked the red carpet with her 15-year-old daughter, Vivienne, who was named producer assistant for the Broadway musical. Jolie acknowledged the insights and ideas her daughter gave helped make the musical memorable. Vivienne encouraged her mother to stage The Outsiders in La Jolla, CA. The key detail helped bring the musical to life making it more authentic to the viewers.
Danya Taymor told the crowd, “To all the young artists out there who want to create, what some may perceive as a weakness or a liability in you might just be your super power.” Additionally, “Don’t be afraid to trust your gut. Artistic risk yields rewards.”
The Outsiders was awesome Angelina jolie deserves this Award
— Naveed Hanif Marfani (@marfani1987) June 17, 2024
The Outsiders: A New Musical has blown up on social media, especially “The Rumble” dance section. With its dramatic lighting and synchronized punches, viewers were in awe of the production. Watching the beautiful story unfold through the actor’s performance created the true essence of the original novel.
who choreographed the rumble scene in the outsiders bc they ATE down! i don’t think i’ve seen choreo that good in years.
— elle fletcher (@EllexFletcher) June 17, 2024
The rumble from the outsiders musical is actually so genius and insane it’s so good
— carly ♡ (@hintzrley) June 17, 2024
The Outsiders: A New Musical is, as described by it’s website, a “beloved story that defined a generation. Reimagined as a groundbreaking new musical.” The musical is an adaptation of the classic young adult novel about the conflicts between two high school gangs. Set in 1967 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The Outsiders is written by best-selling author S.E. Hinton. Additionally, it was adapted into a film in 1983, and now schools around the US teach this historical story in their classrooms.
The musical “features some of the most effectively vivid violence seen on a Broadway stage, using a mix of fight choreography, strobe-like lighting and percussive sound design to evoke the brutality pervading these adolescent lives.”
Check out The Outsiders musical website for more information. Below, watch The Outsider’s performance at the 77 Tony Awards.
