‘Dead Outlaw’ to Arrive on Broadway in 2025

‘Dead Outlaw’ to Arrive on Broadway in 2025

This year’s acclaimed Off-Broadway production “Dead Outlaw” will make its way to the Great White Way in 2025. The multi-awarded musical will begin previews on April 12, ahead of an opening on April 27 at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre.

This is not the first staging of the show; Tony Award-winner Itamar Moses’ “Dead Outlaw” made its world premiere earlier this year at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre.

The production not only received good reviews, but also left its mark on 2024 by having an award-winning season. Featuring music and lyrics by David Yazbek along with Erik Della Penn, and direction by David Cromer, it won multiple awards for Best Musical at the Off-Broadway Alliance Awards, Drama Desk Awards, New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards, and Outer Critics Circle Awards in 2024. The upcoming staging will be the first musical produced by Audible Theater performed on Broadway.

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“Dead Outlaw” follows a true story of Elmer McCurdy, an outlaw whose mummified dead body turned up at a sideshow attraction.

“As Elmer’s body finds even more outlandish adventures in death than it could have ever hoped for in life, the show explores fame, failure, and the meaning—or, utter meaninglessness—of legacy,” the synopsis reads. “Dying is no reason to stop living life to its fullest.”

The Off-Broadway cast of the musical included Jeb Brown, Eddie Cooper, Andrew Durand, Dashiell Eaves, Julia Knitel, Ken Marks, Trent Saunders, and Thom Sesma. Understudies included Emily Fink, Austin Ku, George Merrick, and Max Sangerman. Casting and additional creative team for the Broadway production will be announced at a later date.

The Broadway production of “Dead Outlaw” belongs to Lia Vollack Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions.

“Brilliant. ‘Dead Outlaw’ is the kind of musical you’d never find on Broadway—except that you might,” The New York Times wrote in a review.

“I’ve never seen a leading man so stiff,” TheaterMania commented on the show. “And that’s a compliment when it comes to Dead Outlaw, the jaw-dropping new musical by David Yazbek (music and lyrics), Erik Della Penna (music and lyrics), and Itamar Moses (book).”

Visit the official website of “Dead Outlaw” for more information and tickets.