“AN EXHILARATING ONE-OF-A-KIND MASTERPIECE.” – Adam Green, VOGUE
“SOME OF THE MOST VITAL WORK IN AMERICAN THEATRE.” – Wesley Morris, THE NEW YORK TIMES
“A STRANGE LOOP BREAKS THROUGH OLD MUSICAL WALLS AND USHERS IN EXCITING NEW WAYS OF LOVING THE FORM.” – Peter Marks, THE WASHINGTON POST
DIGITAL LOTTERY AND RUSH POLICY ANNOUNCED FOR
MICHAEL R. JACKSON’S PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING MUSICAL
A STRANGE LOOP
PERFORMANCES BEGIN THIS WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 6, 2022
OPENING TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2022, AT BROADWAY’S LYCEUM THEATRE
EDWIN BATES, KYLE RAMAR FREEMAN, JON-MICHAEL REESE, and MARS RUCKER join cast as understudies
Book, Music, & Lyrics by MICHAEL R. JACKSON
Choreographed by RAJA FEATHER KELLY
Directed by STEPHEN BRACKETT
Starring ANTWAYN HOPPER, L MORGAN LEE, JOHN-MICHAEL LYLES, JAMES JACKSON, JR., JOHN-ANDREW MORRISON, JASON VEASEY,
and introducing JAQUEL SPIVEY
(New York, NY) The highly anticipated Broadway production of A STRANGE LOOP, Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer-Prize winning musical, has announced its digital lottery and rush policies ahead of performances beginning this Wednesday, April 6th, at the Lyceum Theater (149 W 45th St).
Rush tickets will be available for $47 on a first come, first served basis. Tickets may be purchased in-person at the Lyceum Theater box office when it opens (10am Monday – Saturday, 12pm Sunday) for that day’s performance(s) only. Tickets are limited to two per person and some rush seats may be partial view. Rush locations are subject to availability.
Audiences can also sign up to be a part of the digital lottery at strangeloopmusical.com/lotteryandrush/, which will be drawn 1 day prior to each performance. Winners will be able to purchase tickets for $39 (+ $4 service charge).
The Broadway cast of A STRANGE LOOP features Jaquel Spivey, in his Broadway debut, as Usher. He joins original cast members Antwayn Hopper (Thought 6), L Morgan Lee (Thought 1), John-Michael Lyles (Thought 3), James Jackson, Jr. (Thought 2), John-Andrew Morrison (Thought 4), and Jason Veasey (Thought 5). Completing the casting are Edwin Bates (Understudy for Usher/ Thought 2/ Thought 3), Kyle Ramar Freeman (Understudy for Usher/Thought 4/Thought 5/Thought 6), Jon-Michael Reese (Understudy for Thought 4/ Thought 5/Thought 6), and Mars Rucker (Understudy for Thought 1/Thought 2/Thought 3).
A STRANGE LOOP is directed by Stephen Brackett, choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly, and produced by Barbara Whitman along with Page 73 Productions, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Playwrights Horizons.
Tickets for A STRANGE LOOP range from $49 – $179 (inclusive of the $2 facility fee) and are available at Telecharge.com (212-239-6200). The performance schedule for A STRANGE LOOP is as follows: Monday through Saturday at 8pm, with matinees Saturday at 2pm. Please note there will be an added matinee Wednesday, April 20 at 2pm, and no performance Wednesday, April 27. Beginning Thursday, April 28 the playing schedule is as follows: Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm, and Sunday at 3pm. Please note performances on Sunday, May 1 will be at 2pm and 7pm.
A STRANGE LOOP features set design by Arnulfo Maldonado, costumes by Montana Levi Blanco, lighting design by Jen Schriever, sound design by Drew Levy, music direction by Rona Siddiqui, orchestrations by Charlie Rosen, casting by The Telsey Office/Destiny Lilly, with production stage manager Erin Gioia Albrecht.
Meet Usher: a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer…
Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning, blisteringly funny masterwork exposes the heart and soul of a young artist grappling with desires, identity, and instincts he both loves and loathes. Hell-bent on breaking free of his own self-perception, Usher wrestles with the thoughts in his head, brought to life on stage by a hilarious, straight-shooting ensemble. Bold and heartfelt in its truth-telling, A STRANGE LOOP is the big, Black, and queer-ass Great American Musical for all.
Michael R. Jackson was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Drama for A STRANGE LOOP.
A STRANGE LOOP made its world premiere at Playwrights Horizons, in May 2019, in association with Page 73 Productions, and was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for “Best Musical,” five Drama Desk Awards including “Best Musical,” six Outer Critics Circle Award including “Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical,” two Lucille Lortel Awards, two Obie awards, and an Off-Broadway Alliance Award.
In December 2021, A STRANGE LOOP played a critically-acclaimed run at Washington, D.C.’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company prior to coming to Broadway. Peter Marks of The Washington Post described Jackson’s musical as “marvelously inventive, exhilarating, and beautifully staged by director Stephen Brackett and choreographer Raja Feather Kelly.” He wrote, “There is so much to raise the spirits here. Jaquel Spivey makes an electric debut; it’s a guarantee you’ll never forget him. The score, played by a five-member band conducted by music director Rona Siddiqui, boils and bubbles in an ecstatic cascade of musicality. The ensemble members all deserve shout-outs.”
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