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Sky Lakota-Lynch and Joshua Boone in ‘The Outsiders’ musical. Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n Actor Sky Lakota-Lynch chatted about starring as Johnny Cade in \u201cThe Outsiders\u201d musical on Broadway.<\/p>\n He stars in this new music production opposite such actors as Brody Grant (Ponyboy Curtis), Jason Schmidt (Sodapop Curtis), Brent Comer (Darrel Curtis), and Joshua Boone (Dallas Winston). This musical was directed by Danya Taymor. <\/p>\n \u201cIt has been a long journey,\u201d he said. \u201cI have been with this show for six years, so it has been such a wild ride. I never thought that we would actually make it to Broadway. This goes to show that patience is a virtue.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking of Brody Grant, Jason Schmidt, Brent Comer, and Joshua Boone, he said, \u201cWhat you see on that stage is real. We are all great friends. I\u2019ve known Brody for five years, and he is the perfect Ponyboy. Joshua Boone is the older Greaser and he is the best. Working with Joshua is like working with a legend.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cJason is just the truest person, and he is so raw, and one of the coolest people. Brent Comer is one of the sweetest people in the world; they are both such good dudes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n On playing Johnny Cade, he remarked, \u201cWhat I like the most about playing this character is that I get to be closest to myself, which is something that I don\u2019t usually get to do. I\u2019m a funny person in life and I played Jared\u00a0[Kleinman]\u00a0in \u2018Dear Evan Hansen\u2019; once you show the industry that, sometimes, they bottle it and they identify you as that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am lucky enough to pivot and to do something different,\u201d he said. \u201cWith Johnny Cade, I was able to tell a part of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\u2018The Outsiders\u2019 on Broadway<\/h2>\n
Portraying Johnny Cade in the show<\/h2>\n