The Socs, too, even if they’re more flatly conceived. The sadness and scrappiness of the plot aside, there is an admirable grace to how “The Outsiders” was constructed.

And whereas “West Side Story,” also the story of two warring teenage gangs, had nuanced Jets and Sharks, “The Outsiders” presents the Socs as cartoonishly villainous, ...

It’s one of the best-selling Y.A. novels of all time and a star-studded Coppola movie from the ’80s. On its way to Broadway, the show’s cast and creators paid S.E. Hinton a visit.

The Outsiders catapulted Emilio Estevez to fame en route to becoming the face of the Brat Pack. ... the Soc who picks a fight with Ponyboy and Johnny after seeing them with girlfriend, Cherry.

The Socs in the cast of ‘The Outsiders’ music on Broadway. Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy. Joshua Boone and Daryl Tofa are impressive in the roles of Dallas Winston and Two-Bit respectively.

Rob Lowe Thought He and Tom Cruise Might Not Make It Through One Particular Night While Filming 1983's The Outsiders “Every actor who's playing a Soc,” Lowe said, “all they really want to do ...

The rumble in "The Outsiders." (Photo by Matthew Murphy) From there, Ponyboy makes the mistake of falling for Cherry (Emma Pittman), a Socs girl, with a nasty boyfriend named Bob (Kevin William Paul).

In the film, the wealthy teens, dubbed the socs, lived on the West side of Tulsa in the 1960s and were played by Leif Garrett, Randy Anderson and Diane Lane.The greasers with their slicked-back ...

"The Outsiders" tells the story of two rival gangs in 1965 Oklahoma, the Greasers, made up of poor kids, and the Socs. In addition to Howell's role of Ponyboy, it was led by Macchio as Johnny, ...

“The Outsiders” is director Danya Taymor’s sophomore effort (after “Pass Over”) on Broadway and her first musical assignment there. She is reason enough to see any play Off-Broadway; her ...

In “The Outsiders,” they are not sustained; the structural problems mean its achievements don’t stick. But they’re still achievements, and a show need not be for the ages to be for the moment.

THE OUTSIDERS Auditions Outsiders Broadway LLC in New York 09/16. Tonys Recap: Email: ... college-bound, and wealthy (the Socs). This is Tulsa 1967, where to be a Soc means to be rich and white.