But this was a very good omen: these supporting players aren’t just representing archetypes — they feel real-life enough that theguy who plays Thought 4 was nominated for a Tony. (That would be ...

Kiba Walker plays Usher, a budding musical theater composer writing a musical about a budding musical theater composer writing a musical, in Circle Theatre's production of Michael R. Jackson's ...

Sometimes, the swirling thoughts of the mind can be dizzying. But playwright Michael R. Jackson embraces the mind’s chaos. In his play “A Strange Loop” (through May 25), he crafts a compelling and ...

You stare at it anyway. A STRANGE LOOP might seem like a strange title for a musical, a cognitive science term coined by Douglas Hofstadter that revolves around the creation of self-identity. Having ...

WATCH: Director Maurice Emmanuel Parent and actor Kai Clifton discuss how the show exposes the heart and soul of an artist wrestling with his thoughts. No one would be more surprised by the runaway ...

Michael R. Jackson’s 2020 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning A Strange Loop opens June 5, 2024; at the Ahmanson. A co-production of Center Theatrer Gtoup and American Conservatory Theatre, Stephen ...

Before dedicating himself to musical theater, playwright and composer Michael R. Jackson had a different dream: to be a soap opera writer. “I thought I was going to work my way up and become the head ...

At some point, if you are enthusiastically trying to get everyone you know in Los Angeles out to see “A Strange Loop” — and anyone who hasn’t should try to, as the production comes to a close this ...