Dead Outlaw

By: David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna, Itamar Moses

Narrated by: Andrew Durand, Dashiell Eaves, Eddie Cooper, Jeb Brown, Julia Knitel, Ken Marks, Thomas Sesma, Trent Saunders

Recipient of 7 Tony Award Nominations, Including Best Musical

“THE BEST MUSICAL OF THE DECADE! It will revive your faith in Broadway itself.” —USA Today

“This truly twisted yarn is THE SURPRISINGLY FEEL-GOOD MUSICAL OF THE SEASON! It should have a hell of an afterlife.” —The New York Times

Directed By David Cromer

Based on a “that can’t actually be true” story, Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive new musical about Elmer McCurdy, an early 20th-century outlaw who became a traveling corpse and accidental celebrity. After a botched train robbery and an untimely death, Elmer’s body embarks on a decades-long postmortem adventure—through carnivals, roadside attractions, wax museums, and even a Hollywood film set. Dead Outlaw dives into the absurdity of fame, the inevitability of failure, and the meaning—or utter meaninglessness—of legacy.

With music and lyrics by Tony Award winner David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit) and Erik Della Penna, and a book by Tony Award winner Itamar Moses (The Band’s Visit), and directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer (The Band’s Visit)- Dead Outlaw marks Audible’s first-ever commissioned musical.

Available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.

©2024 David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna, and Itamar Moses (P)2025 AO Media, LLC

We love Dead Outlaw!

We loved the Broadway show and enjoyed reliving the story through this performance. Great story, amazing songs and performances!

Loved it!

I've tried listening to musicals I've never heard of before but I usually lost interest and went back to another book. Even if musicals aren't your thing give this a try. I was entertained from beginning to end.

Great performance!

I loved the music in telling this story. It was a great performance by the story tellers and the singers in a sad and funny story of a lost young man just trying to figure out who he was and where he fit, in his active but short life. Yet his tale continued on….

Absolutely fantastic

When I first heard of the show my first thought was “that sounds cool!, I want to go see it” so I bought tickets to see it on my upcoming trip to New York unfortunately it closed before the trip and I got a refund. Luckily they pushed the release of this to exactly five days before I was originally supposed to see it. Just by listening to this I’ve already found my favorite show ever and it feels like it was exactly written for my tastes in music and theatre

Love This Show

Saw this twice on Broadway and so glad they released this! Next best thing to a Proshot