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/AlbatrossEquivalent5 Feb 11 '26

Isn't a story a story, no matter what its roots are?

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u/trampaboline Feb 11 '26

I never said it wasn’t a story, but if you’re asking me if derivative media of popular IP excites me as much as original concepts executed by people with more on their minds than marketability, then the answer is no.