{"product_id":"a-strange-loop-9781559369930","title":"A Strange Loop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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. Which came first? \u003cem\u003eA Strange Loop\u003c\/em\u003e is complex, teasing, thrilling.\" --Vinson Cunningham, \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsher 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. This blistering musical follows a young artist at war with a host of demons--not least of which are the punishing thoughts in his own head--in an attempt to understand his own strange loop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael R. Jackson\u003c\/strong\u003e holds a BFA and MFA in playwriting and musical theater writing from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. His awards include the Jonathan Larson Grant, a Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award, a Whiting Award, and a Hull-Warriner Award. \u003cem\u003eA Strange Loop \u003c\/em\u003eis Michael's professional debut. It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697153741074,"sku":"9781559369930","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_45c098c0-76a6-444c-a0aa-e290374ebe9a.jpg?v=1737268355","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-strange-loop-9781559369930","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}