The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers

Itamar Moses — DEAD OUTLAW

Episode Summary

Pulitzer Prize finalist Itamar Moses joins the podcast to talk all things DEAD OUTLAW, his new Broadway musical about the life, death, and after-death of the very real scofflaw Elmer McCurdy. How did writing the show for Audible impact the storytelling? How did he decide which extraordinary facts of Elmer's unbelievable story to leave on the cutting-room floor? Why did he make Andrew Durand play dead for half the show? And what kind of people write a musical all about the inevitability of death? For answers to all those and more, don't miss this essential episode of The Present Stage!

Episode Notes

Dead Outlaw is playing on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre in an open-ended run. To learn more, please visit www.deadoutlawmusical.com.