The winners of The Stage Debut Awards, in association with ATG, have been announced at the annual awards ceremony at London’s 8 Northumberland Avenue, hosted by drag artist, performer and songstress Divina De Campo.
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A Strange Loop – Barbican Theatre
A Strange Loop continues at the Barbican Theatre until 9 September 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ By the time we emerge from its tangled hierarchy of layers, we may be returned from New York to the Barbican: back where we started – but we are changed. We, too, have been transformed by a strange loop.
Broadway’s Kyle Ramar Freeman to lead the West End cast of A Strange Loop
Kyle Ramar Freeman will make his West End debut in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning A Strange Loop at London’s Barbican Theatre this summer.
Broadway sensation A Strange Loop to open in London
The smash hit Broadway musical sensation A Strange Loop will transfer from New York to London this summer, running at the Barbican Theatre from 17 June to 9 September 2023 (press night is 28 June). Nominated for 11 Tony Awards and winner of every Best Musical award in New York, Michael R. Jackson’s critically acclaimed […]
Company scoops five Tony Awards but there are big wins for Six, MJ and A Strange Loop too
While Marianne Elliott’s production of Company received five prizes at the 75th Annual Tony Awards, it was quite a democratic night for the nominated musicals with Six: The Musical, A Strange Loop, MJ, Paradise Square and Girl From the North Country all having something to celebrate. The gender-swapped staging of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company repeated a large […]
CD Review: A Strange Loop – Original Broadway Cast
A STRANGE LOOP – Original Broadway Cast (Ghostlight Records and Yellow Sound Label – download) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What an absolute joy! No wonder A Strange Loop is nominated for 11 Tony Awards this year. Meet Usher: A Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer […]
A Tony Awards Newsletter From New York
Mark Shenton offers a Broadway round-up of Tony-nominated musicals… The nominations for this year’s Tony Awards – due to be presented at Radio City Music Hall on 12 June 2022, hosted by West Side Story Oscar winner Ariana DeBose – were delayed this year. Usually they are announced a few days after the eligibility deadline […]
A Strange Loop voted Outstanding Musical in New York’s Drama Desk Awards.
A Strange Loop capped its winning streak in the 2019/2020 New York theatre season, as it grabbed the Outstanding Musical Award from the Drama Desk. The 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced on 13 June 2020 in a special pre-recorded presentation on a local television news channel. The awards are usually handed out with […]
A Strange Loop – Playwrights Horizons, New York
A Strange Loop continues at Playwrights Horizons, New York until 7 July 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The programme photo of Michael R. Jackson, who wrote the book, music and lyrics for the new Off-Broadway musical A Strange Loop, shows a guy with a broad, affable smile. There’s little hint of the […]
