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Co-production with SpeakEasy Stage and Front Porch Arts Collective

A Strange Loop

Wimberly Theatre - 527 Tremont Street

Winner! 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and 2022 Tony Award for Best Musical!

Michael R. Jackson’s blisteringly funny masterwork exposes the heart and soul of a young artist grappling with desires, identity, and instincts he both loves and loathes. Meet Usher: a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer.  Usher wrestles with the thoughts in his head in an attempt to capture and understand his own strange loop.

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson

Directed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent

A co-production with Front Porch Arts Collective

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Winner! 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and 2022 Tony Award for Best Musical!

Michael R. Jackson’s blisteringly funny masterwork exposes the heart and soul of a young artist grappling with desires, identity, and instincts he both loves and loathes. Meet Usher: a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer.  Usher wrestles with the thoughts in his head in an attempt to capture and understand his own strange loop.

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson

Directed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent

A co-production with Front Porch Arts Collective

Duration

1 hour 40 minutes

Content Advisory: 

This production contains explicit language, references to racism, sexual assault, homophobia and scenes of an adult nature.

 

Age recommendation is 17+

 

Notable Dates

Audio Description:

Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 3pmFriday, May 17, 2024 at 8pm

Open Captioning:

Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 8pmSunday, May 12, 2024 at 3pm

For more information on accessibility, visit SpeakEasy’s website.

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Calderwood Pavilion/BCA, 527 Tremont St

The Calderwood Pavilion contains the Wimberly Theatre, the Roberts Studio Theatre, the Carol G. Deane Hall, and the Nicholas Martin Hall. You should navigate to the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA if you are seeing a show in any of those aforementioned spaces.

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