Dead Outlaw
Run Time:
1 hour 40 minutes with no intermission
Closing: April 14, 20241 hour 40 minutes with no intermission
Dead Outlaw - 2024 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
Minetta Lane Theatre
16 Minetta Lane New York, NY 10012
Elmer McCurdy was an ambitious, turn-of-the-20th-century outlaw whose death at the hands of a Western posse ended a life of failed crime and alcoholism and began a brilliant career as a mummified side-show attraction that travelled the USA for decades. By the time this journey ended, his name had been forgotten and his desiccated body was hanging in a house-of-horrors ride at an amusement park in Southern California, spray-painted a day-glo orange. Then one day, a grip for the “Six-Million Dollar Man” TV show jostled what he thought was “just a dummy” and an arm fell off, revealing a human bone and beginning a hunt for the origins of this enigma.
Dead Outlaw - 2024 - Off-Broadway Cast
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‘Dead Outlaw’ Finds Humor While Tracing a Most Unusual, Morose Story
8 / 10
Yet however moved you may be by the social commentary or softer moments contained in “Dead Outlaw,” the show’s boisterous, irrepressible irreverence toward that bleakest of subjects is its main selling point. In a catchy romp titled simply “Dead,” Messrs. Brown and Della Penna giddily sing, “Your mama’s dead/Your daddy’s dead/Whole family’s dead/And so are you” — and then proceed, in their first round and in reprises sprinkled through the show, to cite famous figures ranging from Balzac to Abe Lincoln to Glenn Gould and Tupac Shakur, eventually nodding to living celebrities, just for the heck of it.
The Old-Weird-America Pleasures of Dead Outlaw
8 / 10
What Moses, Yazbek and Della Penna, and Cromer are doing is both unearthing stories that have been, for one reason or another, buried in dust and pondering the cultural forces that shaped these strange tales of striving. Everything has a politics, and Dead Outlaw doesn’t have to spell out its skepticism of the American mythos. Underneath the bizarre facts of Elmer McCurdy’s story lie our national drive to turn everything into a product; the brutal division of people into either successes or suckers; the glamorizing of violence and individualism; the moral bankruptness, aimlessness, hopelessness, aggression, and gullibility behind the cowboy façade.
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Video: First Look At Audible Theatre's DEAD OUTLAW
by A.A. Cristi - March 22, 2024
by A.A. Cristi - March 22, 2024
Check out video highlights from Audible Theater’s world premiere musical Dead Outlaw!
Audible Theater's DEAD OUTLAW Extends Through April 14
by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2024
by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2024
Audible Inc. has announced a one-week extension for the Off-Broadway world-premiere musical Dead Outlaw at Minetta Lane Theatre.
Photos: New David Yazbeck Musical DEAD OUTLAW Opens At Audible Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - March 11, 2024
by A.A. Cristi - March 11, 2024
Go inside opening night of Audible Theater’s world premiere musical Dead Outlaw! In attendance for the evening's festivities were Micaela Diamond, Lilli Cooper, Michael Greif, Danny Burstein, and more! Check out the photos from the event!
Review Roundup: DEAD OUTLAW at the Audible Theater; What Did the Critics Think?
by Stephi Wild - March 11, 2024
by Stephi Wild - March 11, 2024
Audible Theater’s world premiere production of Dead Outlaw officially opened last night, March 10. The reviews are rolling in. Find out what the critics think of Dead Outlaw below!
Photos: First Look at Audible Theater's DEAD OUTLAW
by Stephi Wild - March 7, 2024
by Stephi Wild - March 7, 2024
All new photos have been released for Audible Theater’s world premiere production of Dead Outlaw! Check out the photos here!
Video: Watch a Sneak Peek of New Musical by THE BAND'S VISIT Creators, DEAD OUTLAW
by Nicole Rosky - March 2, 2024
by Nicole Rosky - March 2, 2024
In this video, watch as the cast of Audible's Dead Outlaw chats about the new musical, running now at the Minetta Lane Theatre.
Photos: Meet the Cast of Audible Theater's DEAD OUTLAW
by Jennifer Broski - January 26, 2024
by Jennifer Broski - January 26, 2024
Audible Theater will soon present the world premiere of Dead Outlaw, with music & lyrics by Tony Award winner David Yazbek. The company just met the press and you can check out photos from the big day here!
Dead Outlaw FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How long has Dead Outlaw been running Off-Broadway?
Dead Outlaw opened at the Minetta Lane Theatre on Sunday Mar 10, 2024 and has now been running for 1 month.
Dead Outlaw History
Other Productions of Dead Outlaw
| 2024 | Off-Broadway |
Audible Off-Broadway Premiere Production Off-Broadway |
| 2025 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
Dead Outlaw - 2024 Off-Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Itamar Moses |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical | David Cromer |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Thom Sesma |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Andrew Durand |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Heather Gilbert |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | David Yazbek |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | David Yazbek |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Dead Outlaw |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Erik Della Penna |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Arnulfo Maldonado |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Kai Harada |
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical | David Cromer |
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Musical | Dead Outlaw |
| 2024 | New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical | Itamar Moses |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Itamar Moses |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | David Cromer |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Thom Sesma |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Julia Knitel |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Andrew Durand |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Jeb Brown |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | Dead Outlaw |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Erik Della Penna |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | David Yazbek |
| 2024 | The Lortels | Outstanding Director | David Cromer |
| 2024 | The Lortels | Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical | Thom Sesma |
| 2024 | The Lortels | Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical | Andrew Durand |
| 2024 | The Lortels | Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical | Jeb Brown |
| 2024 | The Lortels | Outstanding Musical | Dead Outlaw |
| 2024 | The Lortels | Outstanding Scenic Design | Arnulfo Maldonado |
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