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'A Strange Loop' review — a near-perfect marriage of art and activism

"WOW!" I thought to myself as my body leapt to its feet on its own volition to applaud A Strange Loop. "This must be how people who saw the first performances of Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Company, Rent, or Hamilton felt." Though I've witnessed and studied the innovations in each of those musicals, none of them are as revolutionary as what Michael R. Jackson has accomplished with his Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, now making its Broadway debut.That is thanks to his splendid writing and...

'A Strange Loop' sets Broadway closing date

They're closing the loop. Michael R. Jackson's multi-award-winning musical A Strange Loop will end its Broadway run in 2023. The show will close at the Lyceum Theatre on January 15, at which time it will have played 314 total Broadway performances. A Strange Loop is an original musical loosely based on the life of its creator. The main character, Usher, is a Black, queer man writing a musical about a Black, queer man writing a musical. While working a day job he hates and battling constant...

'A Strange Loop' to offer digital rush tickets

Rush-er, Rush-er! A Strange Loop will offer a digital rush for all future Broadway performances. The Tony Award-winning Best Musical plays the Lyceum Theatre.A limited number of $55 tickets will be made available on the show's website each morning from 11 a.m. until 30 minutes before that day's performance. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis throughout the day, and each person can purchase up to two tickets.A Strange Loop, created by Michael R. Jackson, tells his...

How 'A Strange Loop' went from post-college project to Broadway hit

A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson is now the most Tony-nominated show of the season, with 11 nominations. That's not too shabby for a show that began as a monologue Jackson wrote in his apartment in Jamaica, Queens. A Strange Loop is a musical about a young, gay Black man who works as an usher at The Lion King and is writing a musical about a young gay Black man who works as an usher called A Strange Loop (hence the loop). However, when Jackson started writing A Strange Loop, he had no idea...

'A Strange Loop' tickets on sale through January 2023

The Tony- and Pulitzer-winning musical A Strange Loop has opened a new booking window, with tickets now available through January 15, 2023. Get A Strange Loop tickets now.Michael R. Jackson's musical centers on Usher, a sort-of stand-in for Jackson himself. The character works as a Broadway usher to pay the bills, but he, a Black and queer man, is trying to finish his work-in-progress musical about a Black and queer musical writer. He struggles against an ensemble of six Thoughts, who represent...

Why 'A Strange Loop' is the musical you need to see on Broadway this spring

Following an extended, sold-out pre-Broadway run at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington D.C., Michael R. Jackson's hilarious meta-musical, A Strange Loop, is finally making its Broadway debut.The premiere comes nearly three years after the show concluded its original Off-Broadway run at Playwrights Horizons, which won A Strange Loop the Drama Desk, Obie, Drama Critics Circle, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best New Musical and Book, as well as the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. A...

‘A Strange Loop’ writer Michael R. Jackson on the show’s 11 Tony nominations and the importance of new musical theatre

When Pulitzer Prize winner Michael R. Jackson was in high school, he wrote a short story called "Big Girls" about a girl who wants to explore sex because her older sister is doing it. However by then, sex is already uncool. "Pussy is out, Puritan is in" is the exact final line of the story, according to Jackson, which he read aloud at his public library in Detroit in front of his parents.There's something unsurprising about that story if you've seen A Strange Loop, Jackson's musical that won him...

All the songs in 'A Strange Loop' on Broadway

A Strange Loop was an instant phenomenon upon premiering off Broadway in 2019. It's rare that a show gets a cast recording before heading to Broadway — and even rarer that a show gets a Pulitzer Prize before heading there. In fact, A Strange Loop's creator, Michael R. Jackson, was the first musical writer to achieve that honor. His show is now also the recipient of 11 Tony Award nominations, the most of any show in 2022. A Strange Loop won two Tonys, including Best Musical.A Strange Loop,...

'A Strange Loop' to offer Broadway rush and lottery tickets

The Pulitzer-winning musical A Strange Loop will offer rush and lottery tickets throughout its Broadway run. The Broadway debut of Michael R. Jackson's show begins April 6 ahead of an April 26 opening at the Lyceum Theatre.Rush tickets will be offered in person at the Lyceum Theatre box office each day for $47. The box office opens at 10 a.m. each day except Sunday, when it opens at noon. Rush tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis and are subject to availability. Each person...

Everything you need to know about 'A Strange Loop' on Broadway

After premiering at Playwrights Horizons in 2019 and making a pit stop in Washington, D.C., Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop has circled back to New York for its Broadway debut. Billed as a "Big, Black, & Queer-Ass American Musical," the Pulitzer Prize-winning show centers on Usher, a Black, queer musical theatre writer (created by Jackson, a Black, queer musical theatre writer) who's working on an original show about a Black, queer musical theatre writer. That endless loop gives the...

'A Strange Loop' announces Broadway cast and dates

The Broadway premiere of A Strange Loop, the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical by Michael R. Jackson, has confirmed the dates and casting for its Broadway run. As previously announced, the musical will play the Lyceum Theatre, with performances starting April 6 ahead of an April 26 opening.Jaquel Spivey will lead the A Strange Loop cast as Usher, a Black, gay writer who works a day job as a theatre usher while writing an original show. He previously played the role at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company...

'A Strange Loop' to open on Broadway in spring 2022

The precious little dream of an A Strange Loop Broadway transfer is coming true. Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical is set to play the Lyceum Theatre in spring 2022, Director Stephen Brackett and choreographer Raja Feather Kelly, who are currently helming the show's pre-Broadway engagement at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., will also direct and choreograph the Broadway production.A Strange Loop centers on a Black, queer writer named Usher, whose latest gig as...