Angelina Jolie was a guest on the Today show on Monday.
And in the audience was a very special attendee: her daughter Vivienne Jolie–Pitt, 15.
The teenager was watching her Oscar-winning mom as she plugged the musical they have been working on together.
Angelina and Vivienne are the minds behind the new incarnation of The Outsiders, a musical version of the 1980s film starring Tom Cruise and Patrick Swayze that was based on a book.
Vivienne smiled like a proud daughter as her mom talked away on the outdoor set called the Today Plaza about how their play is all about ‘family.’
Angelina Jolie was a guest on the Today show on Monday. And in the audience was a very special attendee: her daughter Vivienne Jolie–Pitt, 15. The teenager was watching her Oscar-winning mom as she plugged the musical they have been working on together
Jolie wore black tinted sunglasses with a black coat and her highlighted hair down
Angelina and Vivienne are the minds behind the new showing of The Outsiders, a stage version of the 1980s film starring Tom Cruise and Patrick Swayze that is based on a book
Vivienne smiled like a proud daughter as her mom talked away on the outdoor set called the Today Plaza
Jolie shared Vivienne ‘connected’ to The Outsiders and suggested that they work on a stage version of their own.
‘You mentioned your daughter Vivienne. She’s here today too. She’s working along with the cast but she turned you onto this. Tell us, how this came to be,’ Hoda Kotb asked Jolie.
That is when the camera zeroed in on Vivienne in the audience.
Jolie answered, ‘She did. But I think that’s to say for anybody watching and anybody who is going to see this and what they brought forward…this is about family.
‘And the same reason it responded to her and the same reason she wanted me next to her watching it and the same reason we all hugged when I came out here is because this is about family.’
Jolie shares her six kids with ex Brad Pitt: they are twins Knox and Vivienne, 15, daughters Shiloh, 17, and Zahara, 18, as well as sons Pax, 20, and Maddox, 22.
This comes after Jolie said that Vivienne was ‘tough assistant’ to her on her theatre project.
The siren shared on Thursday at the Broadway premiere of the musical adaptation of The Outsiders — which she produced — that Vivienne was the ‘biggest theatre head’ of the family, according to People.
‘Viv. Definitely Viv,’ she reiterated, while Justin Levine, who wrote the book and score to The Outsiders, chimed in: ‘Definitely Viv.’
‘Hands down,’ the By The Sea filmmaker concurred as she arrived at the premiere with Vivienne and her son Pax.
Jolie revealed Vivienne is much more of a theater aficionado than a cinephile — and she ended up being a ‘tough assistant’ to her on her latest theatre project; seen at the premiere in April
She added that Vivienne was the ‘biggest theatre head’ of the family, according to People
Angelina added that her daughter was a taskmaster for her. ‘She’ll correct me. She’ll say, “Didn’t you read the memo? We have to do this, we have to go through this,”‘ she recalled
Angelina added that her daughter — a fraternal twin to son Knox — was a taskmaster for her.
‘She’ll correct me. She’ll say, “Didn’t you read the memo? We have to do this, we have to go through this,”‘ she recalled.
‘She’s been a really tough assistant,’ Angelina joked. ‘She takes it very, very seriously.’
Vivienne, whom she shares with her ex-husband Brad Pitt, took on The Outsiders after it was previously adapted as a critically acclaimed 1983 film by director Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1967 novel by S.E. Hinton.
The film featured a number of actors just at the start of their careers who would be labeled as part of the ‘brat pack,’ a group of rising stars who often acted together, including Rob Lowe, Matt Dillon, Emilio Estevez, as well as supplemental members Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze and Ralph Macchio.
Jolie’s youngest daughter was primed to work on The Outsiders after she caught another production in San Diego.
Jolie was seen walking up to the theater with Pax by her side while wowing in a shimmering metallic gold gown teamed with a rust-hued cape.
The star wore her blonde locks in soft waves and sported smoky eye make-up and red lipstick.
Pax looked as if he could have been a Brat Pack member himself as he emanated low-key cool.
He was dressed in a simple white T-shirt that he used to significantly dress down a black tuxedo jacket with slim notched lapels.
He paired it with black pants and added to his relaxed style with a pair of classic white sneakers.
Angelina and Vivienne joined members of the production on the red carpet
Angelina wowed in a shimmering metallic gold gown teamed with a rust-hued cape
The celebrity child sported a thin mustache and wore his shaggy hair slicked back.
Vivienne wore a stylish blue boiler suit and styled her long hair with a side part for the event as she joined the cast and her mother on the red carpet.
Pax appeared to steer clear of the red carpet while leaving his mother and sister to join the other members of the production.
After catching the show, the trio headed out to the swanky restaurant Cipriani for dinner.
Pax was seen walking next to his mother, while Vivienne hung back to chat with a friend.
Jolie and Pitt on their last red carpet together in 2015 in Hollywood
In a statement last year, Jolie said that her daughter, ‘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’s very thoughtful and serious about theatre and working hard to best understand how to contribute,’ the actress continued.
‘I hope to be able to contribute while continuing to learn from this amazing team, who I have been working with since my daughter brought me to see the show at La Jolla Playhouse.’
‘I can’t begin to express how excited I am for this musical to make its Broadway debut and look forward to sharing this new adaptation of The Outsiders with the world.’
