A playwright, composer and lyricist, Jackson made waves throughout the theater world for A Strange Loop and its riveting depiction of a gay Black man’s desire to free himself from his innermost thoughts.
Washington Informer
L Morgan Lee Showered with Praise in Broadway’s A Strange Loop
The producers and director of A Strange Loop, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, have no plans to bring the curtain down for good anytime soon.
“By the time we got to Broadway, I’d fine-tuned him. This person is in my body—he’s real to me, but he’s also not me. I’m able to take him off and go home and be Jaquel.”
American Theatre A Strange Loop Takes a Victory Lap That Was Years in the Making
When he put “Broadway” in a song lyric, Michael R. Jackson was unwittingly naming the destination, and the destiny, for his unapologetically Black and queer musical, which won the Best Musical Tony last night.
Through its lengthy development process, A Strange Loop underwent countless loop the loops of revisions, workshops, and more revisions. Here, its key players detail the dizzying path to production — and the sense of déjà vu that drove its success.
ABC
Broadway musical A Strange Loop brings message of perseverance you have to see
Sandy Kenyon: “A Strange Loop demonstrates how each of us can overcome self-doubt and shame to silence those negative voices in our heads, and then go on to amaze ourselves with what we can achieve.”
Broadway.com
Tony Nominee Michael R. Jackson on How A Strange Loop Is ‘Emotionally Autobiographical’
The writer sat down with Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek at the Time Hotel to talk about the musical’s 20-year journey to Broadway and more.
The New York Times
Jaquel Spivey: “I Deserve to Be Here”
Jaquel Spivey graduated from college last May. Now he’s making his Broadway debut as the star of Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, A Strange Loop.
Broadway Direct
Meet the Dynamic Ensemble of “Thoughts”
L Morgan Lee, Jason Veasey, John-Michael Lyles, Antwayn Hopper, and John-Andrew Morrison gave Broadway Direct their own thoughts about working on A Strange Loop.
GQ
Michael R. Jackson Makes Musical Theater for the Revolution
For GQ’s Give It Up series, playwright and composer Michael R. Jackson talks about the importance of Musical Theatre Factory, the organization devoted to underrepresented voices that first produced his Pulitzer Prize–winning musical A Strange Loop.