Joshua Boone

Joshua Boone is an American actor. He has acted frequently on Broadway, earning a nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical at the Tony Awards for his role as Dally in The Outsiders. He's also featured in productions of Holler if Ya Hear Me, Network, and Skeleton Crew. In Spring 2026, returned to Broadway in a revival of Joe Turner's Come and Gone as Herald Loomis.

Boone has also appeared on television and film. He starred in A Jazzman's Blues, which earned him NAACP Image Award nominations.

Career He starred opposite Zora Howard in the 2019 film Premature. For his performance in the 2022 Tyler Perry/Netflix film A Jazzman's Blues, Boone was nominated for two NAACP Image Awards.

Boone made his Broadway debut at the Palace Theatre in 2014, in the jukebox musical Holler If Ya Hear Me, based on the music of Tupac Shakur. He originated the role of Darius. The show closed after 38 performances. In All the Natalie Portmans at the MCC Theater, he was the older brother of Kara Young's protagonist. The play, which opened on February 24, 2020, closed on March 12, 2020 due to COVID-19 protocols in New York. He also featured in the 2022 Broadway production of Skeleton Crew. Variety reviewer Ayanna Prescod praised his performance as Dez. Boone also received a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.

Starting in March 2024, he played Dallas “Dally” Winston in the musical The Outsiders. He was introduced to the production by his friend Brody Grant, who originated the role of Ponyboy. Jesse Green wrote that he acted as a "scary alpha". The role earned Boone a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He left the production in late January 2025.

Boone returned to Broadway in April 2026 in a revival of Joe Turner's Come and Gone, directed by Debbie Allen. Sara Holdren wrote for New York that he was "the smoldering coal" of the play who "goes to places at once frightening and devastating." In a critical review of the play for The New York Post, Johnny Oleksinski wrote Boone was a "frightening livewire", but that the directorial emphasis on the character's ferocity overshadowed the rest of the play.

Personal life Boone was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. In 2010, he graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts with a BFA in Theatre Performance; he returned as commencement speaker to the class of 2024.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2012 Journeymen Booby Short film 2013 Dyce and Devil Dyce Short film 2015 Brooklove Ian Short film 2019 Premature Isaiah 2020 Wheels Terry 2021 Mother's Milk Sparrow 2022 A Jazzman's Blues Bayou

Television Year Title Role Notes 2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Willie 1 episode 2013 The Big Gulp Unknown 1 episode 2014 Downtown Girls Quentin 1 episode 2015 Fan Girl Darvan TV movie 2016 MacGyver Gunner/Hunter 1 episode 2017 Salamander Craig Anders TV movie 2018 Seven Seconds Khalil 1 episode

Stage Year Title Role TheatreNotes 2012 In the Heights Benny Pioneer Theatre Company Regional 2014 Holler If Ya Hear Me Darius Palace TheatreBroadway 2015-2016 Mother Courage and Her Children Recruiting Officer / Soldier Classic Stage Company Off-Broadway 2018-2019 Network Frank Hackett Belasco TheatreBroadway 2021-2022 Skeleton Crew Dez Samuel J. Friedman TheatreBroadway; Drama Desk nominee 2024-2025 The Outsiders Dallas "Dally" Winston Bernard B. Jacobs TheatreBroadway; Tony nominee; Drama Desk nominee