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Michael R. Jackson (born 1981) [1] is an American playwright, composer, and lyricist, best known for his musical A Strange Loop, which won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2022 Tony Award for Best Musical. He is originally from Detroit.
Originally from the Austin, Texas, Michael R. Jackson is the 2006 Drama Desk Award winning composer lyricist of the musical Hello X with playwright and Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Peter Casagrande.
A Strange Loop is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Michael R. Jackson, and winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. [1] First produced off-Broadway in 2019, then staged in Washington, D.C. in 2021, [ 2 ] A Strange Loop premiered on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre in April 2022.
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 capture and understand his own strange loop.
Feb 9, 2024 · I n the summer of 2020, the playwright Michael R. Jackson received an unusual message from a fan of A Strange Loop, his musical about a gay Black man’s path to creative self-awareness through ...
Jan 16, 2023 · Michael R. Jackson discussed his Pulitzer and Tony-winning musical, which closed Sunday after a nine-month Broadway run.
Michael R. Jackson has won several prestigious awards, including: - Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for A Strange Loop - Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for A Strange...
Jun 3, 2021 · The Pulitzer is one of the many prizes won by Michael R. Jackson since “A Strange Loop” first hit the stage. Begun as a monologue in 2001, “A Strange Loop” had its world premiere in 2019 at Playwrights Horizons, a production funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and, it has played to sold-out audiences.
Aug 7, 2024 · In this notable quotable: Michael R. Jackson, composer, lyricist, and writer of the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical, A Strange Loop, reflects on the role of theater as a common thread for humanity.
Jun 13, 2022 · Detroit native Michael R. Jackson won big at Sunday's 75th annual Tony Awards as his musical, "A Strange Loop," nabbed best musical and he won best book for a musical.
