![]() ![]() Referencing everything from Liz Phair to Tyler Perry, A Strange Loop grabs hold of you for its runtime and does not let go. Usher is joined on stage by a chorus of his own "thoughts" that tease and needle him-some occasionally playing the roles of his parents who acknowledge that he is gay but haven't accepted it. ![]() But lest you think A Strange Loop gets lost in all the meta, instead what emerges is a stunningly introspective work about a man wrestling with his own mind and body. The protagonist Usher (Jaquel Spivey, sensational in his first-ever professional part) is trying to write a "big, Black, queer-ass American Broadway show." He's working as, yes, an usher at a Disney production that is definitely The Lion King as he attempts to write his own musical called, yes, A Strange Loop. Jackson's musical, which has already won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, announces itself as a "big, Black, queer-ass American Broadway show" in its opening number. Director: Stephen Brackett ( Passing Strange) ![]()
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