DEAD OUTLAW Reviews- Page 4

[Kad]

Posted: 5/9/25 at 5:08pm

These circumstances were entirely foreseeable when you fire the highly respected, long-serving, Broadway championing librarian of Congress without cause in a deeply disrespectful way.  Good for the Dead Outlaw team.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 5/9/25 at 5:41pm

I hope they do one of those NPR Tiny Desk concerts instead.

[RUkiddingme]

Posted: 5/9/25 at 5:55pm

one more reason to love this show!

[BentleyB]

Posted: 5/9/25 at 9:33pm

I do hope we don’t get another Stephen Miller video and lecture. 

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 5/11/25 at 8:18pm

Though not as good as The Band's Visit, Dead Outlaw is a welcome return to form for Yazbek after Tootsie. Ironically I thought it really caught fire once Elmer died- from the Osage train robbery on it was firing on all cylinders.

Durand is very impressive, Brown is a terrific bandleader and Knitel is wonderful (she also has great harmonies with the pianist). Sesma's big number is a hoot.

I preferred this score to MHE, and while not a tech heavy show, I would've nominated it for lighting. 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 5/11/25 at 8:50pm

steven22 said: "I originally had no interest in seeing this. I just started listening to the first part of the cast recording. I’m really enjoying it. How does the recording compare to the live performance?"

TBH, I would rather just have listened to the recording and not have seen the show. We were not fans at all but I like the recording better than the musical.