The Daily Show host Trevor Noah hosted a special performance of Broadway's A Strange Loop November 29, leading a post-show talkback. Joining for the discussion were the show's Tony-winning creator Michael R. Jackson, choreographer Raja Feather Kelly, music director Rona Siddiqui, and the cast: L Morgan Lee, James Jackson, Jr., John-Michael Lyles, John-Andrew Morrison, Jason Veasey, Jon-Michael Reese, and Jaquel Spivey.
Noah is reportedly a fan of the Tony-winning musical and has seen it four times.
See photos of the talkback below:
Cast and creatives backstage with Trevor Noah at A Strange Loop
Cast and creatives with Trevor Noah backstage at A Strange Loop
Cast and creatives with Trevor Noah backstage at A Strange Loop
Trevor Noah with cast and creatives at A Strange Loop post-show talkback
Trevor Noah with cast and creatives at A Strange Loop post-show talkback
Trevor Noah with cast and creatives at A Strange Loop post-show talkback
Trevor Noah, Michael R. Jackson (center) and cast at A Strange Loop post-show talkback
Trevor Noah, Michael R. Jackson (center) and cast at A Strange Loop post-show talkback
Trevor Noah with cast and creatives at A Strange Loop post-show talkback
Trevor Noah with cast and creatives at A Strange Loop post-show talkback
Trevor Noah with cast and creatives at A Strange Loop post-show talkback
Trevor Noah with cast and creatives at A Strange Loop post-show talkback
Trevor Noah with cast and creatives at A Strange Loop post-show talkback
Trevor Noah with cast and creatives at A Strange Loop post-show talkback
Trevor Noah, Michael R. Jackson, and Raja Feather Kelly at A Strange Loop post-show talkback
Trevor Noah, Michael R. Jackson, and Raja Feather Kelly at A Strange Loop post-show talkback
Trevor Noah, Michael R. Jackson, and Raja Feather Kelly at A Strange Loop post-show talkback
The Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award–winning musical A Strange Loop officially opened on Broadway April 26 at the Lyceum Theatre. The musical, which had its world premiere Off-Broadway in 2019 at Playwrights Horizons, features a book, music, and lyrics by Michael R. Jackson, who makes his Broadway debut with the production.
Newcomer Jaquel Spivey leads the cast as Usher, a young, Black, gay theatre writer grappling with his toxic inner thoughts while trying to write a musical about a young, Black, gay theatre writer grappling with his toxic inner thought while trying to write a musical about... and on and on.
Spivey is joined by Antwayn Hopper, James Jackson, Jr., L Morgan Lee, John-Michael Lyles, John-Andrew Morrison, and Jason Veasey, all reprising their performances from the Off-Broadway production.
Stephen Brackett (Be More Chill) directs the production, with choreography by Raja Feather Kelly (Suffs), scenic design by Arnulfo Maldonado, costumes by Montana Levi Blanco, lighting design by Jen Schreiver, sound design by Drew Levy, hair, wig, and makeup design by Cookie Jordan, music supervision by Rona Siddiqui, orchestrations by Charlie Rosen, vocal arrangements by Jackson, and casting by The Telsey Office's Destiny Lilly. Tomoko Akaboshi is music coordinator, and Chelsea Pace is intimacy director.
