New Musical, DEAD OUTLAW, from Penna/Yazbek/Moses

Premiere presentation at 54 Below on Monday, March 14th.

Hmmmm....not really sure how I feel about songs that MIGHT be about a travelling corpse.  (but I like the creative team!)

https://www.playbill.com/job/untitled-yazbek-moses-musical-nyc-epa-08-28-23/0e29b3a5-9ad7-4380-bf61-dc3b0b858511

Excited to hear a Yazbek project that’s not based on a movie

Updated On: 8/22/23 at 03:05 PM

Per Yazbek on Twitter, this is one of quite a few projects he's working on in the next few years, including a film and a new show with Jeffrey Lane.

https://twitter.com/DavidYazbek/status/1693605989436588360?s=20

Double bill with Operation Mincemeat one day?

The dates have been loaded on Ticketmaster for a couple of weeks, and it says general onsale is 1/12 at noon ET.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Cast-Set-For-Audible-Theaters-World-Premiere-of-DEAD-OUTLAW-From-the-Team-Behind-THE-BANDS-VISIT-20240110

Dead Outlaw’s cast will feature Jeb Brown, Eddie Cooper, Andrew Durand, Dashiell Eaves, Julia Knitel, Ken Marks, Trent Saunders, and Thom Sesma.  Understudies include Emily Fink, Austin Ku, George Merrick, and Max Sangerman.

The creative team for Dead Outlaw includes Ani Taj (movement direction), Dean Sharenow (music supervisor), Arnulfo Maldonado (scenic design), Sarah Laux (costume design), Heather Gilbert (lighting design), Kai Harada & Josh Millican (sound design), Isabella Curry (soundscape composition), Rebekah Bruce (music director), Erik Della Penna, Dean Sharenow, & David Yazbek (orchestrations), Faye Armon-Troncoso (properties), and Cynthia Cahill (production stage manager), with casting by Tara Rubin Casting, Peter Van Dam, CSA. Technical supervision is by Hudson Theatrical Associates’ Sean Gorski with general management by Baseline Theatrical’s Jonathan Whitton.

TaffyDavenport said: "Some discounted tickets (10 seats per show) available now on Ticketmaster for the first week of previews (through March 3). $19.11, comes out to $31.01 with fees.

https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/3093629"

This is awesome! Just got a pair for the first Saturday. Love the team and hoping this is cool!

Anyone attending?

Caught the second preview of this last night. David Cramer gave a speech saying they might stop, but aside from a tangled mic cord, the show ran incredibly smoothly.

Personally, I really loved it. The show is presented in a very unique narrative form, cutting back and forth between different time lines and juggling dozens of characters amongst its small cast & band. I don’t know what commercial prospects a piece like this can have, but for what it is, I thought it was incredibly successful. 
 

I don’t want to spoil too much, but there’s several songs I’m still humming today, several hysterical sequences, some gorgeous stage pictures, and stellar performances. Julia Knitel, in particular, gets two incredible solos.

The material, itself, is definitely on the less conventional side, and a lot of the show’s humor is on the more morbid/ dark side. A more grounded “Bloody Bloody...” or a less devastating “Scottsboro Boys.” There were times from the audience’s reaction where I couldn’t tell if the laughs were hitting because they got the joke or because they couldn’t believe what they were seeing. But, personally, I was enthralled.
 

My advice? Grab a ticket while you can. 

Updated On: 3/1/24 at 10:50 AM

Messaging you!