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Diva, you still around? I saw "A Strange Loop" and they just announced it's coming to Broadway with the same cast. It's quite a show. IM.

Posted by MDH Jan 18 '22, 09:59

The musical is about Usher, coincidentally named the same as his day-job as an usher for The Lion King on Broadway, a fat, Black, gay writer who tries to navigate the heteronormative white world. He is backed by a six-person all-black-queer ensemble who voice his inner thoughts as he begrudgingly ghost writes a new Tyler Perry stage play.

I thought it was absolutely brilliant. It's well writing, funny, and biting. That said, it's incredibly tough material and vulgar. The audience will be interesting. I think there's a fine line of who will get it, and who will not.

Linked. (deadline.com)

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I have heard about this and I'm fascinated. Thx for the link. -- nm - Diva Jan 18, 10:02 2
- 100% worth it. The soundtrack gives you a sense of how boundary pushing it can be in places. - MDH Jan 18, 10:05 1
  - The Pulitzer Prize might help with the marketing at least. -- nm* - Diva Jan 18, 10:14
Here's the trailer of the show if you care to watch: -- (link) - MDH Jan 18, 10:00 [youtube]

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Diva, you still around? I saw "A Strange Loop" and they just announced it's coming to Broadway with the same cast. It's quite a show. IM.

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