Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop officially opened on Broadway April 26 at the Lyceum Theatre. Watch highlights from the musical, led by Jaquel Spivey in his Broadway debut, above.
Spivey leads the cast as Usher, a young, Black, gay theatre writer grappling with his toxic inner thoughts while trying to write a musical about a young, Black, gay theatre writer grappling with his toxic inner thought while trying to write a musical about... and on and on.
The cast also features Antwayn Hopper, James Jackson, Jr., L Morgan Lee, John-Michael Lyles, John-Andrew Morrison, and Jason Veasey, all reprising their performances from the Off-Broadway production.
Go inside the musical's starry Broadway opening night below:
Michael R. Jackson
Michael R. Jackson and Jaquel Spivey
Jason Veasey
Jaquel Spivey
Jaqeul Spivey
Atwayn Hopper
Michael R. Jackson and L Morgan Lee
Jason Veasey
John-Michael Lyles and James Jackson, Jr.
André De Shields
Tommy Dorfman
Shakina Nayfack
Raja Feather Kelly, Michael R. Jackson, Rona Siddiqui, and Stephen Brackett
Molly Hager
Mars Rucker, Edwin Bates, Jon Michael Reese, and Kyle Ramar Freeman
La Chanze
L Morgan Lee
Kandi Burruss
John Michael Lyles
John-Michael Lyles, Jason Veasey, L Morgan Lee, John-Andrew Morrison, James Jackson Jr., Jaquel Spivey, and Antwayn Hopper on opening night of A Strange Loop
John-Andrew Morrison
John-Andrew Morrison, L Morgan Lee, and John-Michael Lyles
Jimmy Wilson Barbara Whitman Avara Herbert
Jeremy Pope
Jason Veasey
Jaquel Spivey
James Jackson Jr.
Eleri Ward
Donna Murphy
Colin Donell and Patti Murin
Cherie B. Tay, Erin Albrecht, and Vicki Whooper
Celia Keenan Bolger
Camille A. Brown
Britton Smith
Beth Leavel
Antwayn Hopper
Alex Newell
Rounding out the company as understudies are Edwin Bates, Kyle Ramar Freeman, Jon-Michael Reese, and Mars Rucker.
Stephen Brackett (Be More Chill) directs the production, with choreography by Raja Feather Kelly (Suffs), scenic design by Arnulfo Maldonado, costumes by Montana Levi Blanco, lighting design by Jen Schreiver, sound design by Drew Levy, hair, wig, and makeup design by Cookie Jordan, music supervision by Rona Siddiqui, orchestrations by Charlie Rosen, vocal arrangements by Jackson, and casting by The Telsey Office's Destiny Lilly. Tomoko Akaboshi is music coordinator, and Chelsea Pace is intimacy director.
Jason Veasey, James Jackson, Jr., Jaquel Spivey, L Morgan Lee, and Antwayn Hopper in A Strange Loop
John-Michael Lyles, Jason Veasey, James Jackson, Jr., L Morgan Lee, John-Andrew Morrison, and Antwayn Hopper in A Strange Loop
L Morgan Lee, Jason Veasey, John-Andrew Morrison, Jaquel Spivey, John-Michael Lyles, James Jackson, Jr., and Antwayn Hopper in A Strange Loop
L Morgan Lee, Jason Veasey, John-Michael Lyles, Jaquel Spivey, John-Andrew Morrison, James Jackson, Jr., and Antwayn Hopper in A Strange Loop
Jaquel Spivey
James Jackson, Jr., Jason Veasey, John-Michael Lyle, L. Morgan Lee, John-Andrew Morrison, and Antwayn Hopper
James Jackson, Jr., L Morgan Lee, Antwayn Hopper, John-Andrew Morrison, Jaquel Spivey, Jason Veasey, and John-Michael Lyles in A Strange Loop
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