Ralph Macchio returns to his roots.
The The Karate Kid star, 62, posed backstage at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater in New York with the cast of the Broadway musical adaptation Outsiders on Wednesday June 19.
Macchio played Johnny Cade in the 1983 film outsiders, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Johnny is smaller than the other greasers in the film and SE Hinton’s original novel, published in 1967. The character — beaten by his alcoholic father and verbally abused by his mother — is played by Sky Lakota-Lynch in the Tony Award-winning musical.
Macchio and Lynch stood side by side in the center of a group photo as My cousin Vinny the star grinned.
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Ralph Macchio poses with the cast backstage of the 2024 Tony Award-winning hit musical ‘The Outsiders: The Musical’ on Broadway at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
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The play, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical at the awards ceremony on Sunday, June 16, was produced by Angelina Jolie. Her daughter, 15-year-old Vivienne, also worked on the project.
The cast and crew of the production won three additional awards Sunday night, including Best Direction of a Musical, Best Lighting Design of a Musical and Best Sound Design of a Musical.
Macchio’s visit to the theater came about two months after his Outsiders costar Matt Dillon, who played Dallas “Dally” Winston in the 1983 film, also saw the production and posed with the actors, Jolie, 49, and Vivienne backstage.
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Ralph Macchio and Sky Lakota-Lynch on June 19.
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Outsiders is a coming-of-age story set in 1960s Oklahoma, centered on the conflict between a group of teenage greasers and a more affluent gang known as the Socs. The film also starred other famous actors who are still active in Hollywood today.
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C. Thomas Howell played the protagonist, Ponyboy Curtis, Rob Lowe portrayed Sodapop Curtis, Emilio Estevez played “Two-Bit” Matthews, and Tom Cruise played Steve Randle. The late Patrick Swayze played Darrel “Darry” Curtis in the film.
Lowe, 60, visited the Broadway cast in May.
Tickets for Outsiders are on sale now at outsidersmusical.com.
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