‘The Outsiders’ star Matt Dillon visits Broadway show, Angelina Jolie photo

Stay gold, Ponyboy. 

Matt Dillon, 60, who starred in the original 1983 movie “The Outsiders,” stopped by the Broadway musical adaptation (currently in previews) on Wednesday night. 

Angelina Jolie, 48, and her daughter, Vivienne, 15, are among the show’s producers, and also posted for snaps with Dillon, along with cast members Sky Lakota-Lynch, Kevin William Paul, Brent Comer, Joshua Boone, Joshua Schmidt and Brody Grant. 

In the photos, Dillon is all smiles with the young cast, while Vivienne looks poised and also smiles. 

Producer Angelina Jolie, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, Matt Dillon with the cast and company backstage at “The Outsiders.” Bruce Glikas/WireImage
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Knox Jolie-Pitt. WireImage
Matt Dillon. Andy Kropa/Invision/AP

Vivienne is one of Jolie’s children with her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, 60, who she split from in 2016. The couple also share Knox, 15, and Shiloh, 17, along with adopted kids Maddox, 22, Zahara, 19, and Pax, 20. 

Jolie has kept a low profile since her bitter divorce from Pitt, not appearing in many movies since 2019’s “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.”

About Vivienne producing the play, Jolie told People, “Viv reminds me of my mother in that she isn’t focused on being the center of attention but in being a support to other creatives,” she said, referring to actress Marcheline Bertrand, who died of cancer in 2007 at age 56. 

Matt Dillon, Brent Comer, Joshua Schmidt and Sky Dakota-Lynch. Bruce Glikas/WireImage
Matt Dillon with producer Angelina Jolie and members of the Broadway cast of “The Outsiders.” Bruce Glikas/WireImage
Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Emilio Estevez, Patrick Swayze in “The Outsiders” 1983 movie. ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection

“She’s very thoughtful and serious about theatre and working hard to best understand how to contribute,” Jolie added. 

Based on a 1967 novel by S.E. Hinton, “The Outsiders” is set in Tulsa, OK., in the ‘60s. It follows conflicts between poor teens who are divided into groups known as “greasers” and more affluent teens, known as “Socs.” 

The movie, which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starred C. Thomas Howell as Ponyboy Curtis, Patrick Swayze as his brother, Darrel, Rob Lowe as their other brother, Sodapop, and their friends, including Johnny Cade (Ralph Macchio) and Dallas Winston (Dillon, who was only 19 at the time of filming). Tom Cruise and Emilo Esteves were also in the movie, making it a “who’s who” of big ’80s stars before they were famous.

The original “Outsiders” cast: Emilio Estevez, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise Courtesy Everett Collection

“Stay gold, Ponyboy” is a famous line that Johnny says to Ponyboy during the bittersweet ending. 

“She is wonderful, She was on the sets… and she really understands the way kids think – especially male kids,” Dillon said about author S.E Hinton, during a 1983 interview about the movie.

“She was the first person to ever write a book that really understood teenagers. Well, of course ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ I shouldn’t forget; it was very honest. I read it and I liked Holden Caulfield because he was so tough and so simple. And with Hinton, I got the same feeling.”

“The Outsiders” on Broadway officially opens on April 11. 

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