The makers of the outrageous new musical “Dead Outlaw” give us the equivalent of what Alfred Hitchcock did in “Psycho” when his star Janet Leigh gets killed 40 minutes into the movie. The bumbling outlaw, Elmer “Missouri” McCurdy, can’t rob trains or blow up bank safes with any success — and is then shot dead by gunfire less than halfway through the 90-minute “Dead Outlaw.”
Where is a show supposed to go from there? Frankly, that’s where this wild ‘n’ crazy roller-coaster ride of a musical goes wonderfully off the tracks.
“Dead Outlaw” had its world premiere Sunday, presented by Audible at the Minetta Lane Theatre.
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