A Strange Loop
Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Washington, DC
Previews Began: November 22, 2021
Opening Night: December 3, 2021
Closing Night: January 9, 2022
Music: Michael R. Jackson
Lyrics: Michael R. Jackson
Book: Michael R. Jackson
Usher is a black, gay writer, working a day job he hates while writing his original musical: a piece about a black, gay writer, working a day job he hates while writing his original musical.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Intermission Song……………………….Usher, Company
Today………………………………………Usher, Company
We Wanna Know…………………………Usher, Company
Inner White Girl………………………….Usher, Company
Didn’t Want Nothin’…………………….Usher, Company
Exile in Gayville………………………….Usher, Company
Second Wave………………………………………….Usher
Tyler Perry Writes Real Life…………….Usher, Company
Writing a Gospel Play…………………..Usher, Company
A Sympathetic Ear………………………………Thought 1
Inwood Daddy……………………………Usher, Company
Boundaries……………………………………………Usher
Periodically……………………………..Usher, Thought 4
Didn’t Want Nothin’ (Reprise)………………..Thought 5
Precious Little Dream/AIDS Is God’s
Punishment………………………………Usher, Company
Memory Song…………………………….Usher, Company
A Strange Loop…………………………..Usher, Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Jaquel Spivey Usher
L Morgan Lee Thought 1
James Jackson, Jr. Thought 2
John-Michael Lyles Thought 3
John-Andrew Morrison Thought 4
Jason Veasey Thought 5
Antwayn Hopper Thought 6
Understudies: Christopher Michael Richardson (Usher/Thought 4)