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Broadway's 'The Outsiders' Recoups $22M Investment, Breaks Records

1/27/2026

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Outsiders Recoups Investment

The Outsiders on Broadway recouped its $22 million investment during the week ending December 28, 2025.
This marks the first new musical to recoup since And Juliet in 2022.
The production opened on April 11, 2024, and has won four Tony Awards.
It drew over 770,000 attendees and set a weekly box office record by grossing over $2 million in a single week.

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Lakota-Lynch's Final Performance

On March 15, 2026, Sky Lakota-Lynch, the actor portraying Johnny Cade, will give his final performance in Broadway's The Outsiders.
Lakota-Lynch originated the role during the musical's pre-Broadway run.
The Outsiders is set in 1967 Tulsa, Oklahoma, and centers on two rival teen gangs.
The current cast includes Brent Comer, Alex Joseph Grayson, Jason Schmidt, and Trevor Wayne, and Danya Taymor directs the production.

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Outsiders Recoups Investment

The Outsiders on Broadway recouped its $22 million investment during the week ending December 28, 2025.
This marks the first new musical to recoup since And Juliet in 2022.
The production opened on April 11, 2024, and has won four Tony Awards.
It drew over 770,000 attendees and set a weekly box office record by grossing over $2 million in a single week.

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