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Dead Outlaw's complete cast recording will be released by Audible and Yellow Sound Label August 22, and Playbill has an exclusive first listen at the story-within-the-story song "Andy Payne", performed by Trent Saunders. Check it out below!
The musical lives on forever via Audible's recording of the complete show, which was officially released July 17. The recording includes the musical's complete score and all dialogue, in the style of a radio play, and is available exclusively via Audible. The cast recording, which will be on streaming platforms, presents the same recording sans dialogue and excerpting the show's songs. Check out the full recording of the musical at Audible.com.
The musical—which features a book by Itamar Moses and a score by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna—played its final performance at Broadway's Longacre Theatre June 29, having played 73 regular performances and 14 previews. Based on a bizarre but somehow completely true story, the musical follows Elmer McCurdy—an ambitious, turn-of-the-20th-century outlaw, whose death ended a life of failed crime and alcoholism and began a brilliant career as a mummified side-show attraction that traveled the USA for decades. The project is the brainchild of Yazbek, who reportedly has been fascinated with the story for three decades. David Cromer directed both the Off-Broadway and Broadway stagings.
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Last year, Dead Outlaw's world premiere at the Minetta Lane Theatre was one of the most award-winning productions of the season. The Off-Broadway production won the Drama Desk, Off Broadway Alliance, and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best New Musical. On Broadway, the show was up for seven 2025 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, but ended the evening empty-handed. The work is Audible's first-ever commissioned musical.
Dead Outlaw starred Tony nominee Andrew Durand as Elmer McCurdy, Tony nominee Jeb Brown as Band Leader/Jarrett, Eddie Cooper as Coroner Johnson, Dashiell Eaves as Louis/Charles Patterson, Tony nominee Julia Knitel as Helen/Maggie, Ken Marks as George, Trent Saunders as Andy Payne, and Thom Sesma as Coroner Noguchi, with Emily Fink, Justin Gregory Lopez, Noah Plomgren, Max Sangerman, Scott Stangland, and Graham Stevens as understudies.
The creative team included choreographer Ani Taj, scenic designer Arnulfo Maldonado, costume designer Sarah Laux, lighting designer Heather Gilbert, sound designer Kai Harada, and music supervisor Dean Sharenow, with orchestrations by Yazbek, Della Penna, and Dean Sharenow; electronic music design by Billy Jay Stein and Hiro Iida for Strange Cranium, with MainBrain/Ableton Programmers Chris Petti and Steven Tran; and casting by The TRC Company's Peter Van Dam. Cynthia Cahill served as production stage manager.
The band for Dead Outlaw included music director, pianist, organist, and vocalist Rebekah Bruce; guitarist, banjo player, and vocalist JR Atkins; guitarist, lap steel player, mandolin player, and vocalist Hank Heaven; bassist Brian Killeen; and percussionist Spencer Cohen.
Lia Vollack Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions produced.
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