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A Strange Loop
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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 Prize–winning, blisteringly funny work of art exposes the heart and soul of a young artist grappling with desires, identity, and instincts he both loves and loathes.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
The reviews of Michael R. Jackson’s multi-award-winning meta-musical “A Strange Loop,” which comes to American Conservatory Theater from Broadway, have been ecstatic. The central character, Usher, who’s Black and queer, is of course an usher--for “The Lion King”--and is writing a play about a Black, queer man as we watch. Other performers represent his inner conflicts. The New York Times called the play “uproarious” and “disquieting.”
Jean Schiffman
Contributing Writer, Theater
American Conservatory Theater - ACT
Under the leadership of Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon and Executive Director Jennifer Bielstein, A.C.T.’s mission is to engage the spirit of the San Francisco Bay Area, activate stories that resonate, promote a diversity of voices and points of view, and empower theater makers and audiences to celebrate liveness.
Under the leadership of Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon and Executive Director Jennifer Bielstein, A.C.T.’s mission is to engage the spirit of the San Francisco Bay Area, activate stories that resonate, promote a diversity of voices and points of view, and empower theater makers and audiences to celebrate liveness.