It is incredibly rare for a show that won the biggest Tony of the night to close within the year after winning, but given the state of Broadway right now (I mean, “Phantom of the Opera” is closing in February after 36 YEARS) then I can’t say it’s a total surprise. (I was smart and bought tickets the week before the Tony’s because I knew once it won, they’d be impossible to get.) It was announced this week that the show would be closing in January 2023. After reading about the show when it first opened, I knew I had to see it during our family trip to New York City this summer. This year, it won Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards, and they were so deserved. Because the whole show takes place in Usher’s head, the other actors play Thoughts 1-6, who act out not only his thoughts, but the people in his life, including his family (who he has named after characters from “The Lion King,” the show where he works as an usher.)Īfter winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2020, A Strange Loop opened on Broadway on Apafter beginning previews on my birthday, April 14. The name comes from an actual scientific concept, but also a Liz Phair song. Jackson, it’s about Usher (played by Jaquel Spivey), a fat, queer Black playwright writing a musical about a fat, queer Black playwright, writing a musical about…you get the point. With those words, you’re thrust into the world of the musical A Strange Loop. “How many minutes ‘til the end of intermission?” The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.
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