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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: Just in time for the Tony Awards, Playwright Michael R. Jackson's "Strange Loop"
Description: We’re celebrating Pride Month and the Tony Awards by revisiting my 2020 interview with playwright, composer, lyricist Michael R. Jackson.  A Strange Loop, his play about a Black queer musical theater writer who is writing a play about a Black queer musical theater writer who is writing a play about a Black queer theater writer…, has wowed audiences and critics. Capturing some of 2020's most prestigious awards, including the Lambda Literary Award for Drama and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, A Strange Loop became the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama without a Broadway run, and...