Strange Loop, A
- Full Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
- 1M, 6M or F
- ISBN: 9780573710766
Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, 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.
Description
- Full Length Musical
- Dramatic Comedy
- 105 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Cautions: Intense Adult Themes, Strong Language
- Orchestra Size: Medium
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
- Accolades:
- Winner! Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2020)
Winner! Two Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical (2022)
Winner! Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical (2022)
Winner! Five Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Musical (2020)
Winner! Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical (2020)
Winner! Six Outer Critics Circle Awards including Outstanding New or Off-Broadway Musical (2020)
Winner! Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Musical (2020)
REVIEWS:
"A dazzling ride. No measure of praise could be too much."
The New York Times
"A Strange Loop is a shattering, electrifying debut musical. Jackson’s score is packed with maddening melodies and clever rhymes."
Entertainment Weekly
"The new musical by Michael R. Jackson performs a phenomenal feat — it is both a raw and unflinching interrogation of identity and the most furiously entertaining show on Broadway."
Variety
"Explosively imaginative. Dazzlingly one-of-a-kind. Broadway’s best new musical."
Washington Post
"This is the musical we’ve been waiting for... It’s screamingly funny and howlingly hurt, and it’s unmissable."
Time Out NY
"Thrillingly strange, playful and hilarious."
Evening Standard
"Magnificent. Strikingly original and highly entertaining."
The Guardian
"Dazzling."
The Stage
"A Strange Loop is a musical for our times, a slickly tender, affirmative exploration of otherness."
The Telegraph
"The score very much drives the narrative, but the songs are eminently enjoyable to listen to... It sounds like musical theatre heaven."
Theatre Weekly
"Irreverent and funny."
Time Out UK
A Strange Loop premiered off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on May 24, 2019. Directed by Stephen Brackett, the production featured Larry Owens as Usher, with Antwayn Hopper, James Jackson Jr., L Morgan Lee, John-Michael Lyles, John-Andrew Morrison and Jason Veasey as the Thoughts. On April 14, 2022, A Strange Loop premiered on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre. Directed by Brackett, the production featured Jaquel Spivey as Usher, with the six actors from the off-Broadway production reprising their performances as the Thoughts.
Characters
- Casting: 1M, 6M or F
- Casting Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s)
- Chorus Size: No Chorus
THOUGHT 1
THOUGHT 2
THOUGHT 3
THOUGHT 4
THOUGHT 5
THOUGHT 6
Available Material
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Perusal Material
Shipped immediately. This is optional.
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1 x Piano-Conductor's Score |
$24.00 |
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Libretto
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PLEASE NOTE: The LIBRETTO is available for SALE ONLY and is not available for hire as part of the Rehearsal Material set. It must be purchased separately. |
$24.95 |
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Pro-Production Pack
Shipped upon receipt of a signed License Agreement and full payment of all invoices. This is optional.
1 x Piano-Conductor's Score |
$75.00 |
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Rehearsal Material
Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.
8 x Piano-Conductor's Scores |
$350.00 +$135.00/pm |
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Orchestral Material
Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.
1 x Reed |
$250.00 +$75.00/pm |
