A Strange Loop

Theatre

Name:	Playwrights Horizons
Address:	416 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

Production Information

First performance date:	May 24, 2019
Opening date:	June 17, 2019
Closing date:	July 28, 2019
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

Usher is a black, gay writer, working a day job he hates while writing his original musical: a piece about a black, gay writer, working a day job he hates while writing his original musical. 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 break out of this strange loop.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Playwrights Horizons	Producer
	Page 73	Produced in Association
	Adam Greenfield	Associate Artistic Director

	Michael R. Jackson	Music
	Michael R. Jackson	Book & Lyrics

	Stephen Brackett	Director

	Raja Feather Kelly	Choreographer
	Candace Taylor	Associate Choreographer
	Jason Veasey	Dance Captain

	Arnulfo Maldonado	Set Designer
	Montana Levi Blanco	Costume Designer
	Jen Schriever	Lighting Designer
	Alex Hawthorn	Sound Designer
	Cookie Jordan	Hair and Wig Designer
	Lawrence E. Moten III	Associate Set Designer
	Corey Umlauf	Assistant Set Designer
	Sarafina Bush	Assistant Costume Designer
	Judy Kagel	Assistant Lighting Designer
	Mike Deyo	Assistant Sound Designer

	Blake Zidell & Associates	Press Representative

	Erin Gioia Albrecht	Production Stage Manager
	John C. Moore	Assistant Stage Manager

	Rachel (Rae) Skowron	Costume Supervisor
	Samantha Shoffner	Prop Master

	Rona Siddiqui	Music Direction
	Charlie Rosen	Orchestrations
	Tomoko Akaboshi	Music Coordinator
	Michael R. Jackson	Vocal Arrangements

	Alaine Alldaffer	Casting
	Liz Caplan	Vocal Coach

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Antwayn Hopper	Thought 6
	James Jackson Jr.	Thought 2
	L Morgan Lee	Thought 1
	John-Michael Lyles	Thought 3
	John-Andrew Morrison	Thought 4
	Larry Owens	Usher
	Jason Veasey	Thought 5

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	NOMINATED	2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical	Michael R. Jackson	Book & Lyrics
			Page 73	Produced in Association
			Michael R. Jackson	Music
			Playwrights Horizons	Producer
2	WON	2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical	Larry Owens	Actor
3	WON	2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	John-Andrew Morrison	Actor
4	NOMINATED	2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	L Morgan Lee	Actor
5	NOMINATED	2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Costume Design	Montana Levi Blanco	Costume Designer
6	WON	2020 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Musical	Page 73	Produced in Association
			Playwrights Horizons	Producer
7	WON	2020 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actor in a Musical	Larry Owens	Actor
8	WON	2020 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Musical	Stephen Brackett	Director
9	NOMINATED	2020 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music	Michael R. Jackson	Music
10	WON	2020 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Lyrics	Michael R. Jackson	Book & Lyrics
11	WON	2020 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Book of a Musical	Michael R. Jackson	Book & Lyrics
12	WON	2020 Obie Award, Playwriting	Michael R. Jackson	Book & Lyrics
13	WON	2020 Obie Award, Special Citation	Page 73	Produced in Association
			Playwrights Horizons	Producer
14	WON	2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical	Michael R. Jackson	Book & Lyrics
			Page 73	Produced in Association
			Michael R. Jackson	Music
			Playwrights Horizons	Producer
15	WON	2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Book of a Musical	Michael R. Jackson	Book & Lyrics
16	WON	2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Score	Michael R. Jackson	Music
17	WON	2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Actor in a Musical	Larry Owens	Actor
18	WON	2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Director of a Musical	Stephen Brackett	Director
19	WON	2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Choreographer	Raja Feather Kelly	Choreographer
20	WON	2020 Pulitzer Prize, Drama	Michael R. Jackson	Book & Lyrics
21	NOMINATED	2020 Antonyo Award, Best Featured Actor in a Musical Off-Broadway	John-Andrew Morrison	Actor
22	NOMINATED	2020 Antonyo Award, Best Featured Actor in a Musical Off-Broadway	L Morgan Lee	Actor
23	NOMINATED	2020 Antonyo Award, Best Hair & Wig Design	Cookie Jordan	Hair and Wig Designer
24	NOMINATED	2020 Antonyo Award, Best Orchestrations
25	NOMINATED	2020 Antonyo Award, Best Original Score
26	WON	2020 Antonyo Award, Best Book	Michael R. Jackson	Book & Lyrics
27	NOMINATED	2020 Antonyo Award, Best Actor in a Musical Off-Broadway	Larry Owens	Actor
28	NOMINATED	2020 Antonyo Award, Best Musical	Michael R. Jackson	Book & Lyrics
29	NOMINATED	2019 AUDELCO Award, Lead Actor in a Musical	Larry Owens	Actor
30	NOMINATED	2019 AUDELCO Award, Featured Actor in a Musical	John-Andrew Morrison	Actor
31	NOMINATED	2019 AUDELCO Award, Outstanding Musical Director	Rona Siddiqui	Music Direction
32	NOMINATED	2019 Joe A. Callaway Award (SDCF), Excellence in Choreography	Raja Feather Kelly	Choreographer