Choreography awards for The Outsiders
| Year | Award | Choreographer | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Drama Desk Award | Jeff Kuperman and Rick Kuperman | Nominated |
| 2024 | Tony Award | Jeff Kuperman and Rick Kuperman | Nominated |
Productions are listed under the year of the award; revivals can bring new choreography — and new nominations — for the same show.
About the show
The Outsiders: A New Musical, also known as The Outsiders, is a 2023 coming-of-age musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance from the folk rock band Jamestown Revival alongside Justin Levine and a book by Adam Rapp and Levine. It is based on The Outsiders, first published in 1967 and written by S. E. Hinton, and on its 1983 film adaptation written by Kathleen Rowell and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It is the second stage adaptation of Hinton's novel, following the 1990 play by Christopher Sergel.
The musical, told from the perspective of 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis, is set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, during the 1960s and follows the conflict between two rival gangs divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class "Greasers" and the upper-middle-class "Socs" (pronounced SOH-shiz—short for Socialites).
The musical received twelve nominations at the 77th Tony Awards and won four awards, including Best Musical. Additionally, the musical's cast album was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
Award data from Wikipedia lists of Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier choreography awards (CC BY-SA 4.0).