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Nine Black Artists and Cultural Leaders on Seeing and Being Seen
Nine Black Artists and Cultural Leaders on Seeing and […]
michaelrj1981
Jun 25, 20201 min read
Michael R. Jackson Makes Musical Theater for the Revolution
Michael R. Jackson Makes Musical Theater for the Revolution Jackson […]
michaelrj1981
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 […]
michaelrj1981
May 19, 20201 min read
YOUR SILENCE by Michael R. Jackson Premiered as Part of Works & Process Artists Virtual Commissions
YOUR SILENCE by Michael R. Jackson Premiered as Part of […]
michaelrj1981
May 6, 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 […]
michaelrj1981
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 […]
michaelrj1981
Mar 9, 20201 min read
“The Fabulous Invalid” Episode 54: Michael R. Jackson: A Strange Loop Podcast
PODCAST: “The Fabulous Invalid” Episode 54: Michael R. Jackson: A […]
michaelrj1981
Dec 3, 20191 min read
The wit of Michael R. Jackson and his ‘A Strange Loop’
Michael R. Jackson’s off-Broadway musical, “A Strange Loop,” just ended […]
michaelrj1981
Sep 5, 20191 min read
All Of It Hosted by Alison Stewart (WNYC)
Playwright, composer, and lyricist Michael R. Jackson joins us to discuss his […]
michaelrj1981
May 20, 20191 min read
michaelrj1981
Apr 15, 20190 min read
Michael R. Jackson: What If
Michael R. Jackson: What If
michaelrj1981
Apr 6, 20191 min read
10 Emerging Writers Receive $50,000 Whiting Grants
10 Emerging Writers Receive $50,000 Whiting Grants New York Times
michaelrj1981
Mar 21, 20191 min read
Black Male Writers for Our Time
Black Male Writers for Our Time (New York Times Style […]
michaelrj1981
Mar 21, 20191 min read
Topicality and Risk in Next Playwrights Horizons Season
Topicality and Risk in Next Playwrights Horizons Season New York […]
michaelrj1981
Mar 21, 20191 min read
White Girl In Danger at Adelphi University Performing Arts Center and Joe’s Pub 9/24 & 9/25
Many years ago, as a joke (where so many of […]
michaelrj1981
Sep 8, 20176 min read
Some Updates!
When it rains it pours! It’s been a while since […]
michaelrj1981
Feb 21, 20171 min read
A Strange Loop (Tonight at Feinstein’s/54 Below) – A Long Read
Tonight at Feinstein’s/54 Below at 7pm and 9:30pm New Musicals at […]
michaelrj1981
Apr 26, 201618 min read
Diversity in Musical Theater!
About a year ago I got drunk while live tweeting the […]
michaelrj1981
Aug 15, 201510 min read
Help MJ Finish The Dirty Laundry Good Clean Music Album!
For the past two years I’ve been working with an […]
michaelrj1981
May 1, 20141 min read
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