Tuesday, November 29th, saw The Daily Show's Trevor Noah host a Black Theatre Night for the Tony-winning Best Musical A Strange Loop, with an insightful cast and creator talkback following that evening's performance. Open to all theatre-lovers, the event offered a special welcome to Black theatregoers. The show, which recently added a Grammy nomination for Best... Continue Reading →
Actress and storyteller L Morgan Lee is currently making her Broadway debut as Thought 1 in Michael R. Jackson's exhilaratingly meta musical A Strange Loop, which focuses on Usher, a Black queer writer writing a musical about a Black queer writer writing a musical about a Black queer writer. Not only has her performance in... Continue Reading →
Before the lights go down at the Lyceum Theatre, a recorded announcement by A Strange Loop's Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, composer and lyricist—Michael R. Jackson—politely reminds us to keep our masks on and to switch off or silence our mobile devices. Theatre etiquette which he says, as a former usher, he finds particularly irksome when ignored.... Continue Reading →
