In addition to all the free tickets, one of the great benefits of being a theater critic is that you’re sent the script. This email ritual not only makes it unnecessary for critics to transcribe what ...
After 42 years at the UAB School of Optometry, Michael Loop, PhD, associate professor of Optometry and Vision Sciences, retires effective April 30th. Loop joined the school’s faculty in 1978 as an ...
"A Strange Loop," the Broadway musical that's drawn rave reviews and earned 11 Tony nominations, centers on a very unlikely lead character: A young Black gay man named Usher who is working as an usher ...
For playwright Michael R. Jackson, the question “what’s in a name?” has several responses. His meta-fictional, merry-go-round musical “A Strange Loop” packs as much into the title as it does onto the ...
Michael R. Jackson is well aware that he shares a name with a certain famous musician. In fact, he’s known since he was a kid, when he received fan mail meant for the much more famous Jackson. “Why ...
It’s June 2022, and Michael R. Jackson has a lot to be proud of. His musical “A Strange Loop” leads the Broadway awards-season race with 11 Tony nominations and stands poised to net the top musical ...
L Morgan Lee, James Jackson Jr., Jason Veasey, Larry Owens, Antwayn Hopper and John-Michael Lyles in A Strange Loop. Joan Marcus Usher’s problem is that he doesn’t fit in anywhere. When he seeks ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Michael R. Jackson discussed his Pulitzer and Tony-winning musical, which closed Sunday after a nine-month Broadway run. By Michael Paulson The ...
With his bravura meta-musical, “A Strange Loop,” the playwright is showing Broadway audiences something they have never seen before. Michael R. Jackson.Credit...Malike Sidibe for The New York Times ...