Watch: See Tony Nominee Brody Grant Belt Out 'Great Expectations' from The Outsiders on The Tonight Show | Playbill

Video Watch: See Tony Nominee Brody Grant Belt Out 'Great Expectations' from The Outsiders on The Tonight Show

Broadway's Ponyboy Curtis swung by the long-running late night show to perform a new arrangement of the song.

Tony nominee Brody Grant stopped by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon June 3 to perform a special solo arrangement of the song "Great Expectations" from The Outsiders. Check out Grant's performance above.

Led by director Danya Taymor, and set in 1967 Tulsa, Oklahoma, The Outsiders follows Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, and their chosen family of "outsiders," who are in a fight for survival and a quest for purpose in a world that may never accept them. The musical opened on Broadway April 11 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.

The Outsiders received 12 Tony nominations, including nods for Grant, Sky Lakota-Lynch, and Joshua Boone. The Broadway cast stars Grant as Ponyboy, Brent Comer as Darrel, Jason Schmidt as Sodapop, Lakota-Lynch (Dear Evan Hansen) as Johnny, Boone (Skeleton Crew) as Dallas Winston, Emma Pittman (Chicago) as Cherry Valance, Daryl Tofa (Back to the Future) as Two-Bit Mathews, Kevin William Paul as Bob Sheldon, and Dan Berry as Paul.

The ensemble features Barton Cowperthwaite, Tilly Evans-Krueger, RJ Higton, Wonza Johnson, Sean Harrison Jones, Renni Anthony Magee, Sarahgrace Mariani, Melody Rose, Josh Strobl, and Trevor Wayne. Jordan Chin, Milena J. Comeau, Henry Julián Gendron, and Victor Carrillo Tracey round out the company as swings.

The Outsiders features a book by Adam Rapp with Justin Levine and music and lyrics by Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Levine. The production features music supervision, arrangements, and orchestrations by Levine; choreography by Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman; scenic design by AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian; costume design by Sarafina Bush; lighting design by Brian MacDevitt; sound design by Cody Spencer; and projection design by Hana Kim.

Visit OutsidersMusical.com.

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