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Michael R. Jackson (born 1981) is an American playwright, composer, and lyricist, best known for his musical A Strange Loop, which won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2022 Tony Award for Best 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. 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.
Jan 16, 2023 · Michael R. Jackson discussed his Pulitzer and Tony-winning musical, which closed Sunday after a nine-month Broadway run.
Michael R. Jackson’s blistering, momentous new musical follows a young artist at war with a host of demons — not least of which, the punishing thoughts in his own head — in an attempt to capture and understand his own strange loop.
Oct 14, 2021 · Listen to the podcast episode about the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, composer and lyricist Michael R. Jackson. He shares the emotional journey behind "Memory Song", the first song he ever wrote and a key scene in his metafictional musical "A Strange Loop".
May 2, 2022 · The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Michael R. Jackson talks about Liz Phair, gay life, and the making of his musical ‘A Strange Loop,’ now playing on Broadway for the first time at the Lyceum Theater.
Apr 3, 2023 · How Michael R. Jackson Remade the American Musical. “A Strange Loop,” a story about a Black, gay theatre nerd, was a surprise success. In his latest work, “White Girl in Danger,” Jackson ...
