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‘The Outsiders’ Director And The Hollywood Insider: How Danya Taymor & Angelina Jolie Built A Friendship And A Hit Broadway Musical – Tony Watch Q&A
Deadline Q&A with Danya Taymor and Angelina Jolie about Broadway's 'The Outsiders.'
When Angelina Jolie announced nearly a year ago that she’d signed on as a producer of the Broadway-bound musical The Outsiders, folks in the theater community could be forgiven for assuming she was merely the latest in a long and ever-growing line of celebrities willing to either raise money or share fame in exchange for a credit in Playbill. “Angelina was in the room a lot,” says Outsiders director Danya Taymor, explaining that the Oscar-winning actress (for Girl, Interrupted) offered creative notes, suggestions and even guidance and advice for the show’s young cast, many of whom were making their Broadway debuts. Hinton novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 film adaptation, The Outsiders, set in Tulsa in 1967, tells the story of 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis, his two brothers and best friend Johnny – the Greasers – as they struggle to get by and stand tall against the affluent rival group the Socs.
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