| A Strange Loop | |
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 2022 Broadway poster | |
| Music | Michael R. Jackson |
| Lyrics | Michael R. Jackson |
| Book | Michael R. Jackson |
| Premiere | May 3, 2019: Playwrights Horizons, New York City |
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| Awards | Obie Award for Playwrighting Pulitzer Prize for Drama Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical |
A Strange Loop is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Michael R. Jackson, and winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.[1] First produced off-Broadway in 2019, then staged in Washington, D.C. in 2021,[2] A Strange Loop premiered on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre in April 2022.[3][4] The show won Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical at the 75th Tony Awards.
The show follows Usher, a Black queer man writing a musical about a Black queer man writing a musical. The title refers to a cognitive science term coined by Douglas Hofstadter, as well as a song by Liz Phair.
- ^ "A Strange Loop, by Michael R. Jackson". www.pulitzer.org.
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- ^ "Watch Emotional Curtain Call From 1st Broadway Preview of Pulitzer-Winning Musical A Strange Loop". Playbill. Retrieved April 18, 2022.