Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix
Directed by Stephen Brackett, “A Strange Loop” is also well paced – despite its circling, solipsistic structure – making it a wild ride through one young man’s mind and heart. Read more…
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA
Playwright/composer Michael R. Jackson could be what might have hypothetically happened if Langston Hughes and James Baldwin had a secret lovechild who became a poet—and could also write some dynamite music. “A Strange Loop” marks the advent of a brilliant and important new talent, something solidified by Jackson receiving the Pulitzer Prize for his bravely raw, brutally honest autobiographical theatrical masterpiece. Read more…
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw
The word “meta” — broadly defined as a story or character that comments on itself — has been sadly overused in recent years. But dust off the term and you can readily apply it to Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer and Tony-winning A Strange Loop, a musical about a fat, Black, queer playwright (Jackson’s words) writing a musical about a fat, Black, queer playwright writing a musical about…well, you get the picture. Read here…
Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast
8.6 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Listen here…