Earlier than Angelina Jolie launched The Outsiders solid efficiency on the Tony Awards, she delivered some impactful pearls of knowledge.
“S.E. Hinton wrote The Outsiders in highschool, half a century later, it nonetheless speaks to us. Society modifications however the expertise of being an outsider is common,” Jolie, 49, stated through the Sunday, June 16, awards ceremony on the David H. Koch Theater in New York Metropolis. “To any younger particular person [and] any particular person feeling on the surface, you aren’t incorrect to see what’s unfair.”
She continued, “You aren’t incorrect to want to discover their very own path and because the solid raises their voices, I hope it conjures up a lot of you watching to worth yours. Please welcome the extraordinary firm of The Outsiders.”
Jolie and her 15-year-old daughter Vivianne are producers on the Broadway adaptation of The Outsiders, which is up for a handful of Tony Awards together with Finest Musical. To rejoice the honour, each Jolie and Vivianne stepped out in type on Sunday. (Ariana DeBose hosted the 77th annual Tony Awards at Lincoln Middle whereas Skylar Astin emceed the American Specific “Broadway Fanfare” simulcast simply exterior.)
Fan-favorite stars stepped out in type to rejoice Broadway’s largest night time. The 77th annual Tony Awards befell on the Lincoln Middle’s David H. Koch Theater in New York Metropolis on Sunday, June 16, and the crimson carpet was virtually too sizzling to deal with. Celebrities introduced their style A-game, blessing Us with glamorous robes, fabulous […]
Jolie shocked in a inexperienced Atelier Versace velvet robe with fluid draping on the bodice that coordinated a velvet shrug and satin sneakers. Vivianne matched her mother in an emerald go well with.
The Outsiders in the end received Finest Musical, marking the primary Tony wins for each Jolie and Vivienne.
“Viv jogs my memory of my mom in that she isn’t centered on being the focus however in being a help to different creatives,” Jolie beforehand stated in an August 2023 assertion about their new roles. “She’s very considerate and severe about theatre and dealing laborious to greatest perceive the best way to contribute.”
Angelina Jolie and daughter Vivianne settle for the Finest Musical award for “The Outsiders” with the solid and crew throughout The 77th Annual Tony Awards on June 16, 2024 in New York Metropolis. Theo Wargo/Getty Photographs for Tony Awards Productions
Jolie additionally discovered that working with Vivianne, whom she shares with ex-husband Brad Pitt, impacted the mother-daughter pair’s bond.
“As a mom, as an individual, I used to be watching it, however I used to be actually watching the impact it was having on my younger daughter and what she was telling me about herself,” Jolie instructed Deadline earlier this month. “I used to be studying what about it was necessary to her and why it related so deeply to her. “It was a really totally different expertise of understanding, of how that is having a major impact on her as a youngster proper now, and he or she’s speaking one thing to me.”
Broadway’s greatest stepped out for the 2024 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 16. Nominations have been introduced in April with Hell’s Kitchen popping out on prime with essentially the most nods. The musical, that includes music and lyrics by Alicia Keys, was acknowledged throughout 13 classes, together with Finest Musical, Finest Route of a Musical and Finest Choreography. Solid […]
She continued, “That’s the energy of this materials, which was in actually fine condition even by then. After which I had the privilege of watching everybody work over this final yr to make it into what it’s, and Vivienne has been there the entire approach.”
The Outsiders was tailored from Hinton’s 1967 novel, following teenager Ponyboy Curtis and his “greaser” when they’re at odds with the “Socs.” Francis Ford Coppola directed a movie model in 1983 starring Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon and extra.
