Quick notes from the show today as I try to remember as much as possible:
The Outsiders Musical - OG cast departure - March 15th 2026
- I met RJ and Barton in the basement near the bathrooms. They basically set up their own makeshift meet and greet down there 😂 RJ was also out at the stage door the entire time the cast was signing.
- Henry was popping around all over the place too
- RJ, Barton, Milena, Ryo were all in the standing room.
- Victor came behind Trevi and filmed his last walk to the tire
- Everyone was giving it their all during Tulsa 67. So much enthusiasm and energy
- I’m pretty sure Cole’s daily adlib was ‘let’s make him pretty like a picture house’
- Daryl shouting ‘Muscles were home!’ during Runs in the Family
- Throughout the whole show everyone was super touchy feely, always having hands on each other and squeezing shoulders etc. Daryl and Jason were having the best time with each other one last time
- When Alex said ‘God only knows what I was doing at 14’ Jason made a penis yanking motion
- Jason and Daryl’s last ‘keeping the prettiest one on their arm’ was super energetic and Jason sort of cuddled into Daryl while he did it
- Jason started crying during the bed scene with Trevi and was sniffling throughout
- When he made the Rawr sound after the Ann Margaret line, he waited a beat to see if it cheered Ponyboy up and when it didn’t he waved his hand like ‘ah well I tried’.
- Sarahgrace was breathing through her lines at the drive in and her eyes were misty
- Melody and Devin were just sitting there hugging for a very long time during drive in when Cherry and Pony were talking. Melody started crying and had to turn away to wipe away her tears. Sarahgrace and Cole were also extra huggy
- It felt like Kevin and SarahGrace really enjoyed their very last ‘eat shit Marcia!’ exchange. Lots of energy in that one.
- Kevin also shoved Dan extra hard as he turned away. Like I said, all the moments of touch in this show were a lot more emphasized. Everyone was enjoying being with each other.
- I have seen Jason perform the whole ‘let’s call the feds’ dialogue 5 different times and it amuses me to no end that he always takes a different spin on it. I loved his choice at this show
- Runs in the Family (Reprise) is my favourite part of the whole show and I loved soaking it all in one last time with these three Curtis bros. Brent and Jason are my Darry and Soda always and forever 💗
- Trevi and Sky’s final Far Away from Tulsa 💗 The ending was definitely a bit watery from both of them
- Trevi made sure to spit a whole sprinkler at Kevin as a parting gift
- Trevi and Sky gave each other a little look before jumping off the train into Windrixville to close Act 1
- Kevin really enjoyed whipping his flashlight around the audience one last time
- Lots of tears during Justice for Tulsa that were tooootally just because the socs were sad about Bob’s death and nothing to do with the actors breaking…
- Death’s at my Door and Throwing in the Towel were both extra heavy of course. Both pairs had extra long hugs at the end of their songs
- Ponyboy was reeeeeally offended about the Burt Lancaster comparison this time and when Dally made the same comparison Sky did a whole open mouth jaw drop and it was really funny
- Jason was emotional throughout Soda’s Letter (Jason was a lost cause the entirety of Act 2 basically, and when Jason cried *I* cried. I don’t make the rules ok!?) He especially had a hard time getting out ‘say hey to Johnny for us’.
- Hoods Turned heroes was so fun. Again, they all had so much energy, especially Jason and Daryl with each other. Jason got a lot of cheering during his verse.
- Shoutout to Brent inspecting Jason’s hand wrapping before the rumble. I mention it every time but it is always adorable and makes me smile.
- The rumble? Just limbs falling off the stage. So many limbs. I thought Daryl was going to kick me in the face.
- Trevi’s sobs were REAL when Johnny died. His voice was breaking so much when he said ‘no no no no no’
- There was basically no acting happening after Little Brother. The brothers were ALL crying while trying to get out their dialogue. Jason had mucus coming out everywhere 😅 Brent said his lines to Pony so much more lovingly than I ever saw before
- When Cherry knocks on the door Jason turned to Trevi and said so quietly, desperately, ‘Pony please get up and come eat’. I’ve never noticed him do that before.
- When Emma went to say bye to Darry and Soda she took a long look at each of them and said ‘bye’ in a tone of voice that made it so so obvious she was actually saying goodbye to Brent and Jason and it is at this point I lost control of myself for the rest of the show.
- When Sky came in to sing Stay Gold he patted Brent and Jason each on the shoulder as he passed and it is at THAT point that Brent and especially Jason lost control for the rest of the show
- As soon as Sky was in front of Trevi, Trevi lost control and was full of tears
- When Pony joins Johnny in the last part of the song both of them could barely get the words out. It was a rough time for everyone on that stage y’all. They were all sobbing, the audience was all sobbing. At one point none of them could get control over their crying and Brent started making silly faces to get us all back on track.
- Stay Gold got a standing ovation that lasted forever
- Brent and Jason also sobbed through Ponyboy coming to eat and talking about the book. Brent usually cries at this part but I’ve never seen Jason do so and he was breaking my heart into a million pieces.
- While Finale started, Jason and Brent started eating the food on the table and they each picked up a fork full and cheersed it with each other.
TLDR: so much crying, so much love, my heart is full and empty at the same time.
Brent, Jason, Sky, Trevi, Daryl, Sequoiia, Alex, Cole, Dan, Devin, SarahGrace, Melody, Jena, Renni, Emma, Kevin, and Brittany all stage doored and were all so nice and grateful
Henry and Victor also both came out to film the crowd
I’m sure I’ll think of more the more I decompress from it all
