Tony Awards Committee Determines Eligibility for Smash, Old Friends, John Proctor is the Villain and More by Darryn King

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on April 28 to confirm the eligibility status of 12 Broadway productions for the 2024-25 season. This was the fourth and final time this season t…

Julia Knitel describes tackling triple roles in ‘Dead Outlaw’ and performing ‘a perfect musical theater song’ in the ‘weirdest’ show by David Buchanan

“I became completely obsessed with this show as soon as I read the script,” shares Julia Knitel about the new Broadway musical Dead Outlaw. The show centers on the shocking, unbelievably…

Dead Outlaw Comes to Life on Broadway at Its Red-Carpet Opening by Broadway.com

Dead Outlaw, Broadway's unconventional new musical about mummified bandit Elmer McCurdy's 66-year journey to the grave, celebrated its official opening at the Longacre Theatre on April 27. …

5 Reasons to See Dead Outlaw on Broadway by Margaret Hall

The new musical, based on a true story about a famous corpse, shows that weirdness is still welcomed on Broadway.

Photos: Step Inside Dead Outlaw's Blazing Broadway Opening With David Burtka, Neil Patrick Harris, Patti LuPone, More by Margaret Hall

The new musical from Itamar Moses, David Yazbek, and Erik Della Penna opened at the Longacre Theatre April 27.

Some of My Tony Thoughts on Upcoming Announcement by Frank Rizzo

Jeremy Jordan in “Floyd Collins” First, a big thanks to Adam Feldman for setting me straight (so to speak) on a few eligib…

Julia Knitel Takes Us Backstage At DEAD OUTLAW On Opening Night

If you saw a row of cowboy hats walking up West 48th Street yesterday afternoon, you might have just passed opening night of Dead Outlaw. The new musical opened to rave reviews yesterday at …

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Dead Outlaw Limited Edition Official Opening Night Playbill

Dead Outlaw opened on Sunday, April 27th, 2025, at the Longacre Theatre in New York City. Playbill store FAQ. Shipping.

Photos: See New Production Shots From Dead Outlaw on Broadway by Margaret Hall

The new musical from Itamar Moses, David Yazbek, and Erik Della Penna recently opened at the Longacre.

Photos: Dead Outlaw Stars Take Opening-Night Bows on Broadway

Today on Broadway: Monday, April 28, 2025 by Matt Tamanini

Broadway Reviews for ‘Just in Time,’ ‘Dead Outlaw,’ ‘Real Women Have Curves’ Since 2016, “Today on Broadway” has been the first and only daily podcast recapping the top theat…

Photos: DEAD OUTLAW Cast Takes Opening Night Bows

Dead Outlaw officially opened on Broadway on April 27 at the Longacre Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there for opening night and you can check out photos of the cast taking their bows here!

The Broadway Review: ‘Dead Outlaw’ makes beautiful music in the dark by Brittani Samuel

A powerhouse creative team orchestrates a stunning, one-of-a-kind musical about an extraordinarily strange human story.

Review: Dead Outlaw by JK

Review of the Friday, April 25, 2025 preview performance at the Longacre Theatre in New York City. Starring Andrew Durand, with Jeb Brown, Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves, Julia Knitel, Ken Mar…

Tony Awards Season Ends with Two More Original Musical Hits — “Dead Outlaw” and “Real Women” — Added to The Three Already Opened by Roger Friedman

The end of Tony Awards eligibility was today. There have been so many new shows that the last two had to open today, one after another. “Dead Outlaw” came first at 2pm, followed by “Re…

“Dead Outlaw” Fires on All Cylinders by Ron Fassler

Review by Ron Fassler . . . With the Tony Awards deadline fast upon us, two final shows are slipping in under the wire, Dead Outlaw and Real Women Have Curves, both opening tonight (I’l…

Dead Outlaw Opens on Broadway by Jonathan Mandell

“Dead Outlaw,” a darkly comic musical that tells the ghoulish true tale about a corpse from the Old West, has been resurrected, opening tonight on Broadway, with the same cast and creati…

Dead Outlaw by Jacob Malizio

DEAD OUTLAW is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy. As Elmer’s body finds even more outlan…

This Bandit Has Mummy Issues by Jacob Malizio

That’s the gorgeously perverse opening of “Dead Outlaw,” the feel-good musical of the season, if death and deadpan feel good to you. As directed by David Cromer, in another of his dari…

Read the Reviews for Dead Outlaw on Broadway by Margaret Hall

The musical's Off-Broadway premiere won the Drama Desk, Off Broadway Alliance, and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best New Musical.

Capitalism Comes For the Wild, Wild West in DEAD OUTLAW by Jacob Malizio

With its cast fully intact, Dead Outlaw comes to Broadway just as pointed and playful as it was during its acclaimed off-Broadway run last year. While so much has already been said about thi…

Dead Outlaw, a Thrillingly Macabre New Broadway Musical by Jacob Malizio

An unmistakable sign that musical theater is entering a thrilling new era of unlikely stories told in unexpected ways, Dead Outlaw seems destined to join the ranks of Oklahoma! and Gypsy as …

This rollicking musical tale of a corpse is going to knock you dead. by Jacob Malizio

His mortal thread is cut, and Durand spends the rest of the musical being moved around inertly in what might be the most impressive deadpan performance in history. He’s staggeringly still:…

A Corpse Walks Off With A Glorious Broadway Season Send-Off by Jacob Malizio

In one of the quirkiest, most morbid and somehow loveliest musicals to hit Broadway this season – even Floyd Collins‘ dying spelunker plot seems conventional by comparison – Dead Outla…

A real-life bumbling bandit becomes a Broadway star in rocking new musical by Jacob Malizio

As adaptations of popular, already-established franchises continue to pop up on Broadway, it’s thrilling to see original, truly one-of-a-kind productions like Dead Outlaw rise up to meet t…

Review: ‘Dead Outlaw’ Is An Exquisite Corpse and Killer Close to the Broadway Season by David Cote

This darkly exhilarating musical has what is easily the best new score on Broadway, written by by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and an irreverent yet wistful book by Itamar Moses.

My Variety Review: Broadway's 'Dead Outlaw' Musical by Frank Rizzo

All photos by Matthew Murphy Unlike the mobile British corpse in “Operation Mincemeat,” the traveling American cadaver in …

Review Roundup: DEAD OUTLAW Opens on Broadway

Dead Outlaw has offically opened on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre! The new musical features a book by Itamar Moses, music and lyrics from David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and is d…

‘Dead Outlaw’ Review: This Bandit Has Mummy Issues by Jesse Green

A truly twisted yarn about a long-lived corpse makes a surprisingly feel-good Broadway musical.

Dead Outlaw: Rip-Roarin’ Musical Hits the Bull’s-Eye by Steven Suskin

★★★★★ David Yazbek’s brashly macabre tuner features Andrew Durand as a real-life desperado, wanted dead and alive The post Dead Outlaw: Rip-Roarin’ Musical Hits the Bull’s-Ey…