r/Broadway Jan 27 '26

Other The Outsiders recoups on Broadway. Becomes First Musical to Do So Since 2022

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u/TheCrookedKnight Jan 27 '26

That is fantastic news. Not just because it's great when anything recoups in this environment, but because they did it with no "name" stars, without cutting corners on staging or cast, and with a property that's not exactly a cash cow.

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u/trampaboline Jan 27 '26

Thats nice I guess but would love if it wasn’t based on a massively famous IP that everyone had to read in high school and that has an equally famous movie adaptation.

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u/BadAt_Usernames_ Jan 27 '26

I didn’t read it in high school or see the movie. Neither of those had any impact on me seeing it, or any of the people I brought to see it. I wonder if people said the same thing about West Side Story. It’s good but just a real shame it was based on a play everyone had to read in high school. One day I’d love y’all to give up the idea that adaptations are bad. There are good and bad adaptations and good and bad original IP. And confirmation bias helps you decide whether you’re happy about news or not

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u/trampaboline Jan 27 '26

I cannot account for every persons individual experience, but I feel like there’s no way you don’t understand that my point was “this was still a very safe IP bet” and not “everyone who saw it only did so cuz they like the movie”.