Usher is a black, queer writer, working a day job he hates while writing his original musical: a piece about a black, queer writer, working a day job he hates while writing his original musical. Michael R. Jackson’s blistering, momentous new musical follows a young artist at war with a host of demons — not least of which, the punishing thoughts in his own head — in an attempt to capture and understand his own strange loop.
By: Book, Music & Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson
Director: Stephen Brackett
Producer: Playwrights Horizons in association with Page 73
Cast list: Antwayn Hopper (as Thought #6), James Jackson, Jr. (as Thought #2), L Morgan Lee (as Thought #1), John-Michael Lyles (as Thought #3), John-Andrew Morrison (as Thought #4), Larry Owens (as Usher), and Jason Veasey (as Thought #5)
Design: Arnulfo Maldonado
Lighting: Jen Schriever
Costume: Montana Levi Blanco
Choreography: Raja Feather Kelly
Sound: Alex Hawthorn
Other info: Orchestrations by Charlie A. Rosen and Music Direction by Rona Siddiqui
Accommodations for patrons who are blind, deaf, partially sighted, and/or have hearing loss; partial wheelchair access, handrail access
16+ for strong language and sexual content.
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