The opening line of "The Outsiders" establishes the first-person narrative voice of Ponyboy Curtis, the protagonist. It also sets the scene by contrasting the bright sunlight with the darkness of ...

2 hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission. At the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, 242 W. 45th St. When I first learned that the musical “The Outsiders,” which opened Thursday night at the ...

“The Outsiders” isn’t short on plot, but much of it has been seen elsewhere, particularly onstage: rival gangs of haves and have-nots, a romance that crosses enemy lines, and a second-act ...

Even those who, like me, have never read the source material will still be familiar with the basic plot of Hinton’s modern masterpiece. Set in the working-class neighborhoods of Tulsa, Oklahoma ...

The rumble in "The Outsiders." (Photo by Matthew Murphy) From there, Ponyboy makes the mistake of falling for Cherry (Emma Pittman), a Socs girl, with a nasty boyfriend named Bob (Kevin William Paul).

The new musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s novel has a fresh roots score by Jamestown Revival and a talented cast, but the audience is left not feeling much for these teenage boys.

Most Americans may have an opinion on “The Outsiders,” S.E. Hinton’s 1967 coming-of-age novel that has been required reading for most middle-schoolers for the past half-century, a… ...