A Strange Loop, the show with the most Tony Award nominations this season, is now playing at the Lyceum Theatre. The show’s creator, star Jaquel Spivey, and director, and director Stephen Brackett sat down with CBS Sunday Morning to discuss the show’s path to Broadway and the impact it has had on the audiences.
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, A Strange Loop has a cast led by Jaquel Spivey, in his Broadway debut, as Usher. He is joined by the ensemble of Thoughts played by 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).
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.