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Jackson – The Stage Debut Awards winners]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Stage Debut Award Winners   https://www.thestage.co.uk/awards/the-stage-debut-awards?tab=2023-winners]]></description><link>https://www.thelivingmichaeljackson.com/post/michael-r-jackson-the-stage-debut-awards-winners</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a32d51773364b8eee6cd35c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2023 03:29:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ebf961_9c63086262df480bb098d4f1ca815d2e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_248,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>michaelrj1981</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear Jennifer Hudson’s version of the song “Boundaries” from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical A Strange Loop.]]></title><description><![CDATA[https://playbill.com/article/exclusive-hear-jennifer-hudsons-cover-of-a-strange-loops-boundaries]]></description><link>https://www.thelivingmichaeljackson.com/post/hear-jennifer-hudson-s-version-of-the-song-boundaries-from-the-tony-award-winning-best-musical-a-s</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a32d51773364b8eee6cd35f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2023 03:45:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/J9MbW3FjN-4?si=CtH2RDIOiCyIsIKy" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>michaelrj1981</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael R Jackson on The Jennifer Hudson Show]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tony Award-winning playwright of “A Strange Loop,” Michael R. 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Now It’s Coming to Broadway.]]></title><description><![CDATA[‘A Strange Loop’ Won the Pulitzer. Now It’s Coming to […]]]></description><link>https://www.thelivingmichaeljackson.com/post/a-strange-loop-won-the-pulitzer-now-it-s-coming-to-broadway</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a32d51973364b8eee6cd373</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:07:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ebf961_4c45bc9affd3416bb18985652756a60c~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>michaelrj1981</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full Casting Announced For Pre-Broadway Engagement of A STRANGE LOOP]]></title><description><![CDATA[Full casting has been announced for the upcoming pre-Broadway engagement of Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize winning musical A Strange Loop at Washington DC's Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. 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