A Pulitzer winner at the worst possible time, 'A Strange Loop' is Broadway-bound
Michael R. Jackson put 20 years into polishing his audacious, autobiographical musical, and then theaters went dark. Now, 'A Strange Loop' is building buzz on its way to New York City.
Of all the terrible times to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama, the worst was surely April 2020. Every theater was shuttered and dark when playwright Michael R. Jackson's shattering debut musical, A Strange Loop, took the prize.
"It was pretty surreal," Jackson admits. "My producers got on Zoom and got everyone involved on the production together, and they sent me some champagne."
More than a year later, is finally gearing up for Broadway. in Washington D.C. where the show . It explores a young playwright's meta-journey—a "portrait of a portrait of an artist," in the words of the main character.
