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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE

BEST MUSICAL*
“DEAD OUTLAW”
TRIUMPHANTLY OPENS ON BROADWAY
ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE HISTORIC 2024-25 SEASON

PHOTOS AND VIDEO AVAILABLE

New York, NY (April 28, 2025) – Last night, the award-winning and critically acclaimed new musical Dead Outlaw, opened to unanimous rave reviews on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre (220 W 48^th St). On hand to celebrate the occasion were VIP guests including Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ben Platt, Neil Patrick Harris, Ariana DeBose, Jim Parsons, Richard Kind, Susan Sarandon, John Turturro, Rachael Price, Patti LuPone, Ingrid Michaelson and more.

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To download curtain call video, click here.

Additional VIP guests included Andy Blankenbuehler, Will Brill, Kevin Cahoon, Victoria Clark, Chuck Cooper, Lilli Cooper, Colin Donnell, Noah Galvin, Ana Gasteyer, Grey Henson, Aaron Jackson, Katrina Lenk, Kenny Leon, Patti Murin, Lynn Nottage, Justin Peck, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Josh Sharp, and more.

Written by Itamar Moses, featuring music and lyrics from David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and directed by David Cromer, Dead Outlaw began preview performances on Broadway on Saturday, April 12

The cast, reprising their roles from Off-Broadway, includes Andrew Durand as Elmer McCurdy, Jeb Brown as Band Leader/Jarrett, Eddie Cooper as Coroner Johnson, Dashiell Eaves as Louis/Charles Patterson, Julia Knitel as Helen/Maggie, Ken Marks as George, Trent Saunders as Andy Payne, Thom Sesma as Coroner Noguchi, with Emily Fink, Justin Gregory Lopez, Noah Plomgren, Max Sangerman, Scott Stangland, and Graham Stevens as understudies.

Tickets are available for purchase at www.deadoutlawmusical.com and Telecharge at www.telecharge.com, or by calling 212-239-6200 or 800-447-7400.

Originally produced Off-Broadway by Audible Theater, Dead Outlaw dominated the 2024 awards season, taking home the prize for ‘Best Musical’ at the Drama Desk Awards, New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Off-Broadway Alliance Awards.

The creative team for Dead Outlaw includes Ani Taj (choreography), Arnulfo Maldonado (scenic design), Sarah Laux (costume design), Heather Gilbert (lighting design), Kai Harada (sound design), J. Jared Janas (hair, wig and makeup designer), Dean Sharenow (music supervision), Rebekah Bruce (music direction and additional arrangements), and David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna, and Dean Sharenow (orchestrations and arrangements). Casting is by The TRC Company/Peter Van Dam, CSA. Cynthia Cahill serves as Production Stage Manager.

Dead Outlaw is produced on Broadway by Lia Vollack Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions.

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 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. Dying is no reason to stop living life to its fullest.

A New York Times critics pick, USA Today calls Dead Outlaw the “best musical of the decade” that will “revive your faith in Broadway itself” while Deadline calls the production “glorious” and “unmissable.”

*Winner of four Best Musical Awards, including New York Drama Critics’ Circle, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Off-Broadway Alliance Awards, Dead Outlaw is “as much fun as any respectable grownup is likely to have in public” (New York Sun). The Wrap calls it, “An instant classic! You have to see it to believe it.”

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