The Outsiders — the musical that won four 2024 Tony Awards, including Best Musical — comes to the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Minneapolis for one week only, Tuesday, March 9 through Sunday, March 14, 2027. Eight performances, one late-winter week, and a story that has been making readers cry since the 1960s. If you are planning a trip around it, pick your performance and your room together. 300 Clifton, the historic Eugene J. Carpenter Mansion in Loring Park, makes a warm, quiet landing after the curtain comes down.
What is The Outsiders musical?
It is adapted from S.E. Hinton’s novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s film. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1967, Ponyboy Curtis, his best friend Johnny Cade and their Greaser family battle their affluent rivals, the Socs — and dream about who they might become in a world that may never accept them. The score is by the folk duo Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) with Justin Levine, the book is by Adam Rapp with Justin Levine, and the direction is by Tony winner Danya Taymor. You will find the full creative team and a gallery on the official Hennepin Arts event page.
Every performance, March 9–14, 2027
According to Hennepin Arts, The Outsiders plays the Orpheum on these dates:
- Tuesday, March 9 — 7:30 PM (opening night)
- Wednesday, March 10 — 7:30 PM
- Thursday, March 11 — 7:30 PM
- Friday, March 12 — 7:30 PM
- Saturday, March 13 — 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM
- Sunday, March 14 — 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM
With only eight shows, this is not a run you can count on catching “some weekend.” The Friday and Saturday nights will be the first to go, and so will the rooms around them.
How do you get tickets?
Right now, The Outsiders is available as part of the 2026–2027 Broadway on Hennepin five-show subscription. Hennepin Arts says single tickets go on sale at a future date, so check the event page for the on-sale announcement. There is a nine-ticket limit per purchase, and groups of ten or more have a separate request form. Tickets are sold by Hennepin Arts, not by us.
Good to know before you choose a night: the show runs about 2 hours 30 minutes with an intermission and is recommended for ages 10 and up. The production uses flashing lights, periods of darkness, loud noises, theatrical haze and herbal cigarettes, and it includes scenes involving suicide, domestic abuse and violence. GalaPro captioning and audio description are available at every performance through the free app.
Why stay at 300 Clifton for The Outsiders?
Mid-March in Minneapolis can still mean snow on the ground, and that is exactly when a historic mansion shines. 300 Clifton is a National Register home with distinct guest rooms — the Crystal Mansion, the Georgian, the Grand Edwardian, the Coachman’s, the Blacksmith’s Forge and the Hayloft among them — along with hand-painted murals, carved fireplaces and English gardens waiting for spring.
After the show, the four-season garden hot tub is open under the stars, steaming in the cold air. Or slip into Gertrude’s Cistern, our speakeasy-style lounge and haunted video room with heated reclining seats, and argue about whether the book or the movie made you cry harder. Bring tissues either way. Stay gold.
Getting from Loring Park to the Orpheum
The Orpheum is on Hennepin Avenue in the downtown Theatre District, and 300 Clifton sits in Loring Park at the edge of downtown. Plan your route for the date with the Metro Transit trip planner, and leave extra time on a sold-out night. If you want to stretch your legs before a matinee, Loring Park is right outside the front door.
Book direct for the voucher perks
Guests who book directly get a $20 Pillsbury Club dining voucher and a $20 Minneapolis Trolley voucher per stay; current terms are on our vouchers page. Use the dining voucher for dinner at the Pillsbury Club before an evening performance (reservations are required), or save the trolley voucher for a Minneapolis Trolley Tours ride the next morning.
More Broadway at the Orpheum this season
Planning more than one trip? We have written up Operation Mincemeat and Hadestown this winter and Hamilton’s five-week spring run. Coming for longer than a weekend? Our sister property Oakland’s on 9th offers furnished downtown studios by the night, week or month.
Quick answers
When is The Outsiders in Minneapolis? March 9–14, 2027, at the Orpheum Theatre.
How many performances? Eight, including Saturday and Sunday matinees.
Can kids go? Hennepin Arts recommends it for ages 10 and up, and lists mature content warnings.
Are single tickets on sale? Not yet, per Hennepin Arts; subscriptions are available now.
Pick your performance, then pick your room. Book your stay at 300 Clifton directly for the best rate and the guest vouchers, and we will keep the hot tub warm.