Before dedicating himself to musical theater, playwright and composer Michael R. Jackson had a different dream: to be a soap opera writer. “I thought I was going to work my way up and become the head ...

Deaf Austin Theatre (DAT) and Visionaries of the Creative Arts (VOCA) have announced a historic collaboration with a co-production of A Strange Loop, the Tony Award-winning musical by Michael R.

Meet Usher: a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning Michael R. Jackson’s ‘emotionally autobiographical’ musical tells the story of a plus-size, queer, young Black man writing a musical about a plus-size, queer, young Black man ...

Sometimes, the swirling thoughts of the mind can be dizzying. But playwright Michael R. Jackson embraces the mind’s chaos. In his play “A Strange Loop” (through May 25), he crafts a compelling and ...

On Broadway, “A Strange Loop” – with a book, music and lyrics by Michael R. Jackson – won virtually every Best Musical award possible in 2022, including the Tony. Hailed for its inventiveness, the ...

But this was a very good omen: these supporting players aren’t just representing archetypes — they feel real-life enough that theguy who plays Thought 4 was nominated for a Tony. (That would be ...

The emotional climax of “A Strange Loop,” now playing through Aug. 10 at Atlas Performing Arts Center, unfolds in a fierce and vulnerable silence. Usher, the narrator (played by Gabriel Silva), is ...

© 2025 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved. The first Atlanta production of the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “A Strange Loop ...

When Michael R. Jackson’s debut musical “A Strange Loop” premiered off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in 2019, it was an immediate sensation. A musical about a Black gay man writing a musical about ...