A STRANGE LOOP On Broadway - Reviews & News Thread — Page 27

PipingHotPiccolo said: "Im still not entirely sure whether Mars was on tonight, btw. Sure looked alot like L Morgan Lee?"

It wasn’t Mars. That was 100% pure Morgan.

The understudy board in the lobby only had Edwin listed

PipingHotPiccolo said: "we were dead center Row A of the balcony... and yeah looking at her bio online, it was L Morgan Lee (who can saaaang). James Jackson, Jr. and Jason Veasey stole the Thought-show, though."

I was A 108 - you may have been my seatmate.

Last night’s performance on The Tonight Show - gotta say it was pretty fantastic even though you could tell they had to modify their choreography to fit the decreased space.

https://youtu.be/uBawWwmXO50

Just read that they broke the Lyceum box office record for a standard 8 performance week last week.

Finally caught the show today. I didn’t love it, but found it interesting and fresh for what it is. In a way it feels like the slave play the musical, with the irony that both point out but nevertheless inherently depend on the self-fulfilling prophecy of the profitability of blackness. However, because Loop is raw, and messy, it lends itself the air of genuineness that Slave Player never has till the last scene. There are quite a few power ballads, but many don’t feel earned except the few highlights of self-discovery. I wanted to love it, but ended up watching something that was promising but that could definitely use more refining narrative wise.

Updated On: 7/21/22 at 12:39 AM

I was at last night's show and it was HOT up in the balcony. Everyone was fanning themselves with their Playbills.

Michael R. Jackson, in a Place All His Own in Washington Heights

Updated On: 8/6/22 at 06:47 AM

WiCkEDrOcKS said: "Any insight as to the current performance schedule for Usher? Is Kyle Freeman still going on for all matinee performances?"

Not sure about specifics, but I was at the Wednesday matinee last week and Kyle was on for Usher. Mars was on for Thought 1 and Jon-Michael Reese was on for Thought 6 as well. I was blown away, what a performance, there was not a weak link in the cast.

No, it's just bull****... although I'm sure the shows would love to blame it on inflation.

Based on what I have heard from friends who have been seeing the show, Kyle and Edwin are doing Wednesday and Saturday Matinees.



I stumbled on the James & Jam's 5 Questions video series a while ago and am really enjoying them. (James Jackson Jr. & John-Andrew Morrison) This season they are interviewing the cast and production staff on the show. They just put up this interesting video. It is in the Shubert Archives. I am sure some of you here know it is located at The Lyceum Theater and they let James and Jam go up to see it. Nice video for anyone who wondered what is up there. I was up there years ago. And I have peeked through "the door". I did not know that A Strange Loop is the first Tony Winning Musical to play at that theater. (You might want to put earbuds in to catch everything that is being said.)



https://youtu.be/0MW0MS7vtuo

Who is the Tik Tok oracle?



Edit: found him.

Updated On: 8/23/22 at 06:25 PM

For those who have wanted a repeat visit to A Strange Loop and wanted to catch some of the understudies in the show (who are unilaterally fantastic), they’ve been swinging them in quite a bit lately and in different tracks so it feels fresh every time.

I recently caught Mars Rucker as #2 and Jon-Michael Reese as #5 (I think they both debuted in those tracks the past week), Edwin Bates has been in as Usher more, and yesterday, Kyle Ramar Freeman debuted as #6 (both shows) which was actually pretty cool and also a little odd since I know him mostly as Usher and so “Inwood Daddy” was like watching Usher-on-Usher action - which definitely colored the show as a different experience for me.

Y’ALL - KEEP SEEING THIS SHOW. I SWEAR ITS DIFFERENT EVERY TIME.

DiscoCrows said: "For those that have nabbed TDF seats— where have they been?"

For some shows I got rear mezzanine, but for more recently it has been extreme side orchestra about 9-10 row back, which is a fine view and I prefer the left orchestra to the right.

The same seats are often offered on their day-of digital rush too

Updated On: 8/29/22 at 10:49 AM