With Broadway's The Outsiders now in previews, actor Joshua Boone stopped by the Playbill Studio to give a sneak peek at one of the most pivotal moments in the show.
My 8th grade daughter and I saw the show last night and she loved the show and every single cast member came out and signed her playbill afterwards. She is on Cloud 9 today!
This song made me openly weep just hearing it like this. I would be inconsolable if I actually got to see this onstage. This team *gets* this story so well.
My absolute favorite part about this song is that in the musical Dally commits suicide by jumping off a bridge rather than running from the cops like in the book and movie. The way he steps away from the mic and screams "now" is him falling off the bridge and I don't know how to explain how absolutely chilling and creative that is
@@davidpfaltzgraf6382 In some iterations of the show it was jumping off a bridge. The show I saw last week had it changed to him being hit by a train. There were a few other differences too, albeit the others were smaller
"He was dead before he hit the ground. But I knew that was what he wanted. Even as the lot echoed with the cracks of shots, and even as I begged silently-- please not him... not him and Johnny both. I knew he would be dead. Because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted."
This was so cool to see and hear in person. I listened ro this on the train ride to the preview, knowing that my friends hadnt heard it at all. I was more awestruck than sad, seeing it in person. The raw emotion in these scenes are what makes me love theater more and more each day.
What a beautifully composed song and what a captivating performance! I'd love to be able to see this show someday, and have been introduced to a wonderful singer/actor. Wow.
Need lyrics? I gochu: First they beat us down One After Another Keep losing ground No where to take cover They want us out of town Then Who would they beat on Who would they spit on Who would they blame it on If we werent around Now we’re never going back Every thing is lost And will never get it back Cus a lines been crossed Little brother Sorry I failed you I could not save you No I can’t even save myself Little Brother They can not hurt you anymore And they can not take anymore from me If I ain’t got you And I aint got nothing else If anything was fair Then you would still be here Dose anybody care When a Greaser disappears We’re never going back Everything is lost And we’ll never get it back Cus a lines been crossed Little Brother Sorry I failed you I could not save you No I can’t even save my self Little brother They can not hurt you anymore And they can not take anymore from me If I aint got you then I aint got nothing else Oohhh then I ain’t got nothing else There’s only one way out I finally see it now They took the only thing that mattered to me any how That’s why I’m standing here No good to run away That’s all I’ve ever done but now it’s time to stay Do it for all of us The faces in the crowd And when they try to shut you up they screen it twice as loud Do it for Kool and Luke Do it for Jessi James Do it for all the young sung hero’s you don’t know there names Do it for Pony Boy do it for Johny K Don’t leeve a stone a turn Don’t leeve a Dad in pain Johny I am coming home Bout to take my final bow Hope you saved a seat for me Johnny can you see me now
My daughter went to see Outsiders on Broadway while on a school band trip to NYC. She got the cast to sign her copy of the book ❤. She's now a superfan of everything to do with the play and cast, and especially the music. I wish I could take her back to NY to see it with her. The book has always been very powerful to me, and while the film was good, it didn't have quite the same depth and emotional power. I think these songs bring so much raw emotion back into it. Every time my daughter and I are in the car together we put on the soundtrack and belt out the songs. Half of them make me cry, because they relate so much for me having had a difficult childhood, troubled early teen years, and my little brother dying when he was 18. I had always promised him I would move out, get myself settled, and then take him with me. I wanted to protect him, to save him...I failed, and he died, and it nearly killed me.... it would have killed me if it weren't for the fact that I had my daughter (just a baby at the time), who needed me too. This song makes me ache deep in my chest. I hope some day I am able to visit NYC with my daughter so we can experience the play together.
I desperately want to see this on stage but I'm far too broke for that (wrong hemisphere). I saw some of the staging though and it is glorious. There is just something about this particular performance of the song that makes it so painful to listen to. It might be a combination of the solo vocal and dead silence at the end. Without knowing what happens you are left guessing what comes next, as is only right.
You haven't seen the actual show. I just got back, and the music for this song isn't this...jaunty-ish? In the actual show. It's dark and it's heavy and it drags and it slams and it carries the actual gravity of the situation and Dallas's actual mindset and feelings so SO much harder, and Joshua Boone's acting is *amazing.* The lyrics might be fairly simple on paper, sure, but fully acted and with the actual music and when you're fully in the context of everything leading up to it? It's powerful as *frick.* This video was only supposed to be a sneak peak. Hopefully when the actual soundtrack version drops it'll be closer to to how it is in the show proper.
