Michael R. Jackson
The 2020 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics’ Circle–winning A Strange Loop (which had its 2019 world premiere at Playwrights Horizons in association with Page 73 Productions) was called “a full-on laparoscopy of the heart, soul, and loins” and a “gutsy, jubilantly anguished musical with infectious melodies” by Ben Brantley for The New York Times. In The New Yorker, Vinson Cunningham wrote, “To watch this show is to enter, by some urgent, bawdy magic, an ecstatic and infinitely more colorful version of the famous surreal lithograph by M.
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BIO
The 2020 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics’ Circle–winning A Strange Loop (which had its 2019 world premiere at Playwrights Horizons in association with Page 73 Productions) was called “a full-on laparoscopy of the heart, soul, and loins” and a “gutsy, jubilantly anguished musical with infectious melodies” by Ben Brantley for The New York Times. In The New Yorker, Vinson Cunningham wrote, “To watch this show is to enter, by some urgent, bawdy magic, an ecstatic and infinitely more colorful version of the famous surreal lithograph by M. C. Escher: the hand that lifts from the page, becoming almost real, then draws another hand, which returns the favor.” In addition to A Strange Loop, he wrote book, music, and lyrics for White Girl in Danger. Awards and associations include a New Professional Theatre Festival Award, a Jonathan Larson Grant, a Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award, an ASCAP Foundation Harold Adamson Award, a Whiting Award, the Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting, an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Drama Desk Award, an Obie Award, an Antonyo Award, a Fred Ebb Award, a Windham-Campbell Prize, and a Dramatists Guild Fellowship. He is an alum of Page 73’s Interstate 73 Writers Group.
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Videos
Exclusive: Watch Michael R. Jackson Sing from New Musical, SUBSCRIBERS
by Sam Anctil - 2026-08-16 16:00:07
Video: Helen J. Shen Performs 'The Impossible Dream' at MISCAST25
by Michael Major - 2025-05-15 09:48:56
Michael R. Jackson & Anna K. Jacobs Break Down The Music of TEETH Off-Broadway
by Joey Mervis - 2024-12-30 15:11:49
Video: Highlights from TEETH with Alyse Alan Louis, Andy Karl & More
by Nicole Rosky - 2024-11-01 14:17:23
News
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2026
The ASCAP Foundation honored Cinco Paul, creator of the Tony-winning musical SCHMIGADOON, with the Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award for his significant contributions to American musical theater.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 1, 2026
Prospect Musicals has revealed the complete cast for CELEBBRATION: A Concert Evening of Songs from the Fred Ebb Award Winners. The concert will take place at Symphony Space and feature Santino Fontana and more.
by Marissa Faith Curley - Sep 27, 2026
Winners of The Stage Debut Awards 2026, in association with Netflix, were revealed tonight at a ceremony at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London, celebrating the performers and creatives making standout professional and West End debuts across UK theatre.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 24, 2026
Prospect Musicals will present a concert evening celebrating a decade of Fred Ebb Award-winning songwriters, with a cast including Tony Award winner Santino Fontana and stars from WICKED, SIX, and COME FROM AWAY.
by - Sep 24, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 24, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 23, 2026
Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia is accepting submissions for its SigWorks: Musical Theater Lab, a developmental workshop for new musical writers. One musical will be selected for a two-week workshop with a public presentation.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 23, 2026
Theatre Now New York will honor Tony-winning librettist Bob Martin and Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Michael R Jackson at the Theatre Then & Now Gala, celebrating their contributions to musical theatre.
by Rachel Stone - Sep 22, 2026
Life Jacket Theatre Co. offers priority presale access to two new musicals based on 1930s prison history. THE FAG WARD and THE FAG FOLLIES tell the stories of inmates imprisoned for homosexuality at New York's Men's Penitentiary.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 17, 2026
Ground Floor Theatre announced casting for the regional premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical A STRANGE LOOP, directed by Jeremy Rashad Brown. The production will run in Austin this December.
by Rachel Stone - Sep 15, 2026
Life Jacket Theatre Co. will present a new musical about six inmates in the 1930s Men's Penitentiary's Fag Ward, weaving their stories into high-camp numbers from the ward's annual Christmas pageant.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 9, 2026
Kyle Ramar Freeman records a live EP at The Cutting Room on September 21, 2026, performing with a seven-piece band and four background singers. The evening combines concert and house call, built around the concept that music is medicine.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 9, 2026
Shaina Taub, Michael R. Jackson, Julia Riew and more Fred Ebb Award winners will be featured in Prospect Musicals’ CELEBBRATION concert at Symphony Space on October 8, hosted by Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 8, 2026
Adelphi University's Performing Arts Center will open its Larson Legacy Concert Series season with a reading of KELLY NOWAK, a new musical by Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Abs Wilson and composer Adam LaPorte, at the Olmsted Theatre.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 27, 2026
About Face Theatre and Raven Theatre have announced casting for the Chicago premiere of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning musical A STRANGE LOOP, directed by Mikael Burke at the Johnson Stage.
by Cynthia L. Dorsey - Aug 23, 2026
For the National Queer Theater, the fight against censorship is not an abstract political debate. It is a fight for artists’ livelihoods, young people’s futures, and the right of queer and transgender people to tell their stories without first seeking the government’s approval.
by Sam Anctil - Aug 16, 2026
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-Winning Musical Theatre Writer Michael R. Jackson is returning to Joe’s Pub 20 years to the day of his NYC concert debut with Michael R. Jackson: Wake Up Call, an evening of thoughtful, humorous, and personal songs from his catalogue and his latest musical in progress, Subscribers. In Wake Up Call, Michael will invite audiences to join him as he laughs at and reflects on two decades of fitful slumber and dark dreams in a probing, emotional and sometimes eye-rolling look at the world as he sees it. Watch as he gives us a very special sneak peek from Subscribers in this exclusive video.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 13, 2026
Playwright Stephen Sheffer's new play LEAN-TO, directed by Jesse Jou, will run Off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters, presented by New Light Theater Project and Pendragon Theatre.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 13, 2026
New Light Theater Project and Pendragon Theatre will present the world premiere of Lean-To, written by Canadian playwright Stephen Sheffer, and directed by Jesse Jou, running Off-Broadway.
by Rebecca Kaplan - Aug 17, 2026
Here are a few top picks to consider this week including a free outdoor concert with Angélique Kidjo, RENT co-stars Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal in a duo show, A Strange Loop songwriter Michael R. Jackson and more.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 10, 2026
The Hermitage Artist Retreat will present six outdoor programs across Selby Gardens' Downtown Sarasota and Historic Spanish Point campuses, opening with Hermitage Fellows Madeline Benson, Chris Peters, and Matīss Čudars.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Teeth, Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for Teeth, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Teeth, Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for White Girl in Danger, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for White Girl in Danger, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for A Strange Loop, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for A Strange Loop, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for A Strange Loop, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for A Strange Loop, Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for A Strange Loop, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for A Strange Loop, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for A Strange Loop, Playwriting Award (Obie Awards) for A Strange Loop, Special Citation (Obie Awards) for A Strange Loop, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for A Strange Loop, Outstanding New Score (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for A Strange Loop and Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for A Strange Loop.
Michael R. Jackson has won several prestigious awards, including: - Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for A Strange Loop - Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for A Strange Loop - Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for A Strange Loop - Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for A Strange Loop - Playwriting Award (Obie Awards) for A Strange Loop - Special Citation (Obie Awards) for A Strange Loop - Outstanding Book of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for A Strange Loop - Outstanding New Score (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for A Strange Loop - Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for A Strange Loop
Michael R. Jackson has written 2 shows including White Girl in Danger (Book), Teeth (Book & Lyrics).
