Angelina Jolie is halfway to EGOT status.
On Sunday night at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Oscar-winning actor took home her first Tony Award for producing The Outsiders, a musical based on S.E. Hinton’s classic 1967 coming-of-age novel of the same name. The win, for Best Musical, brings Jolie one step closer to being one of only 19 performers to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award. She earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 1999’s Girl, Interrupted.
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Jolie hit the red carpet and the main stage with her 15-year-old daughter Vivienne, who helped her mother produce the Broadway show. The duo coordinated in teal ensembles for the special event: Angelina wore an elegant velvet gown and matching shawl from Versace, while Vivienne opted for a waistcoat, matching trousers, and Converse shoes.
According to Deadline, Vivienne was the one who encouraged her mom to see a staging of the musical in La Jolla, California. The duo also contributed notes on the hit Broadway version, per the outlet.
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The mother and daughter took the stage alongside the company of The Outsiders to accept the award, and producer Matthew Rego gave a specific shout-out to Jolie in his Tony acceptance speech. He also name-checked The Outsiders author Hinton, who was in the audience. The story follows 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis, his two brothers, and his best friend Johnny—part of a group collectively known as the Greasers—while they struggle to get by and stand tall against their affluent rivals, the Socs.
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In May, Jolie made a rare public appearance on the Today show to chat about The Outsiders. “This is about family, and it’s about community,” the Oscar winner said of the musical. “It doesn’t stay away from the darker sides of life and the lot that we have to discuss and the lot that we’re feeling,” she continued. “But in the end, it’s what gets us through, and that is family.”
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