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Ten composers create the music for Opera Philadelphia’s World Premiere performances of Complications in Sue, February 4-8, 2026
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Dec 11, 20251 min read
Bringing ‘Teeth,’ a Feminist Awakening With a Lethal Bite, to the Stage
Bringing ‘Teeth,’ a Feminist Awakening With a Lethal Bite, to […]
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Mar 4, 20241 min read
HOW A PLAYWRIGHT BECAME ONE OF THE MOST INCISIVE SOCIAL CRITICS OF OUR TIME
HOW A PLAYWRIGHT BECAME ONE OF THE MOST INCISIVE […]
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Jul 3, 20220 min read
A Strange 20-Year Loop to Broadway
A Strange 20-Year Loop to Broadway From the porn studio […]
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Jun 6, 20221 min read
‘A Strange Loop’ Won the Pulitzer. Now It’s Coming to Broadway.
‘A Strange Loop’ Won the Pulitzer. Now It’s Coming to […]
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Dec 20, 20211 min read
Full Casting Announced For Pre-Broadway Engagement of A STRANGE LOOP
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. The company will feature original cast members Antwayn Hopper (Thought 6), L Morgan Lee (Thought 1), John-Michael Lyles (Thought 3), James Jackson, Jr. (Thought 2), John-Andrew Morrison (Thought 4), Jason Veasey (Thought 5) and introducing Jaquel Spivey as "Usher." Spivey talks about h
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Sep 21, 20212 min read
Obies Honor ‘A Strange Loop’ and ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’
Obies Honor ‘A Strange Loop’ and ‘Heroes of the Fourth […]
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Jul 14, 20201 min read
During a pandemic, the play’s still the thing
During a pandemic, the play’s still the thing For the […]
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Jun 28, 20201 min read
Nine Black Artists and Cultural Leaders on Seeing and Being Seen
Nine Black Artists and Cultural Leaders on Seeing and […]
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Jun 25, 20201 min read
Michael R. Jackson Makes Musical Theater for the Revolution
Michael R. Jackson Makes Musical Theater for the Revolution Jackson […]
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Jun 22, 20201 min read
25 top theater minds dream the future: What will the post-pandemic stage look like?
25 top theater minds dream the future: What will […]
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May 19, 20201 min read
Why the ‘Brilliant and Improbable’ Musical, A Strange Loop, Deserved Its Pulitzer
Why A Strange Loop-a ‘Flawed-But-Who-Cares Masterpiece’-Deserved Its Pulitzer Prize Though […]
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May 6, 20201 min read
Woolly Mammoth Theatre hopes it has the next big Broadway musical in ‘A Strange Loop’
Woolly Mammoth Theatre hopes it has the next big Broadway […]
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Mar 9, 20201 min read
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Apr 15, 20190 min read
Michael R. Jackson: What If
Michael R. Jackson: What If
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Apr 6, 20191 min read
10 Emerging Writers Receive $50,000 Whiting Grants
10 Emerging Writers Receive $50,000 Whiting Grants New York Times
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Mar 21, 20191 min read
Black Male Writers for Our Time
Black Male Writers for Our Time (New York Times Style […]
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