Dead Outlaw

A new musical from the Tony-winning team behind The Band's Visit.

Story:

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.

Composer
David Yazbek

Lyricist
Erik Della Penna

Librettist
Itamar Moses

MP3

Original Broadway Cast Album: Part 1

Books

Elmer Mccurdy: The Life And Afterlife Of An American Outlaw by Mark Svenvold

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2025 Tony Award Nominations

Best Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical - Andrew Durand
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical - Julia Knitel
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical - Jeb Brown
Best Direction of a Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Score Written for the Theatre

2025 Drama League Award Nominations

Outstanding Production of a Musical
Distinguished Performance Award - Andrew Durand

2024 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Outstanding Musical
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Outstanding Lyrics
Outstanding Music
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical - Andrew Durand
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical - Thom Sesma
Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical
Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical
Outstanding Orchestrations

2024 Drama League Award Nominations

Outstanding Production of a Musical
Outstanding Direction of a Musical

2024 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical - Andrew Durand
Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical - Thom Sesma
Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical - Jeb Brown
Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical - Julia Knitel
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Outstanding Orchestrations (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Outstanding Direction of a Musical

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