Durand, who was nominated for the best leading actor in a musical Tony Award for his performance as real-life robber Elmer McCurdy in the musical Dead Outlaw, revealed that he was working some side jobs even after getting his big break.
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The show, which received seven nominations, is based on the real-life story of McCurdy, an outlaw who was killed in a shootout after robbing a train in 1911. His mummified body was later displayed at an Oklahoma funeral home before becoming a staple in the traveling carnival and sideshow circuit in the 1920s.
“I think the most exciting part about [the Tony nominations] is that we all sort of made a small piece of nuanced art that we really believe in, and [that] we put our hearts and souls into, and people responded to that,” said Durand. “That's why we got to Broadway, based on the merits of our work in our show. So that feels really good.”
Andrew Durand (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical, Dead Outlaw)Michael Hull
“It's a newfound skill,” he said. “Everyone thinks it's very impressive. I didn't know that it's a skill, but it is. It's very hard.”
“And I just try to set little goals,” he continued. "So instead of thinking of it as, like, 40 minutes in a coffin, I'm like, ‘All right, if I can make it the next 20 seconds, someone is going to walk in front of me, and I can blink or swallow.’ So, ironically, being in that coffin has been a great metaphor for life and how to approach [it].”
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