A Strange Loop
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A Strange Loop
85

A Strange Loop NYC Reviews and Tickets

85%
(354 Ratings)
Positive
93%
Mixed
4%
Negative
3%
Members say
Ambitious, Absorbing, Clever, Great acting, Great singing

About the Show

Playwrights Horizons and Page 73's new musical follows a young artist at war with a host of demons — not least of which, his own punishing thoughts — in an attempt to capture and understand his own strange loop.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (354)

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74 Reviews | 6 Followers
89
Great acting, Thought-provoking, Intense, Intelligent, Relevant

See it if you want to see a show about a man who's queer, black and overweight. It's unapologetically honest. The protagonist is complex and human.

Don't see it if you're uncomfortable with strong language. The story is frank and graphic in its treatment of sex, race, religion, and many other issues.

177 Reviews | 27 Followers
88
Great acting, Great staging, Clever, Absorbing, Ambitious

See it if You appreciate authentic, creative, depressing AND uplifting drama. Clever but first half is stronger.

Don't see it if You prefer traditional, linear storytelling and aren’t interested in ‘queer’ lives. Read more

122 Reviews | 13 Followers
88
Great singing, Great acting, Edgy, Delightful, Absorbing

See it if You like contemporary musicals with political undertones and pathos.

Don't see it if You only like traditional musicals with old-fashioned messages.

407 Reviews | 95 Followers
88
Great writing, Edgy, Great acting, Clever, Ambitious

See it if you like challenging theater that uses racial stereotyping and absurd symbolism to push the audience to understand deep inside thoughts.

Don't see it if you can't handle crude language or overt sexual acts on stage. Funny parts are not light. A deep autobiography about a gay black artist

61 Reviews | 6 Followers
88
Intelligent, Entertaining, Absorbing, Clever

See it if You appreciate talent! Also, very clever writing and inventive ways of telling story.

Don't see it if you have problems with simulated sex on stage.

61 Reviews | 26 Followers
87
Edgy, Absorbing, Great singing, Intense, Thought-provoking

See it if You enjoy top musical talent that's not overproduced and are looking for content that might challenge your perspective.

Don't see it if Candid stories about self loathing, gay sex, being overweight and racial descrimination are too off putting or may be tough for you to watch Read more

56 Reviews | 2 Followers
87
Thought-provoking, Quirky, Great singing, Great acting, Ambitious

See it if This is not a conventional musical. It is harsh and heartbreaking and very honest.

Don't see it if You aren't comfortable with explicit discussions of gay sex.

761 Reviews | 166 Followers
87
Remarkable, Great staging, Great writing, Clever, Ambitious

See it if you like innovative, funny, serious, powerful musicals about character trying to belong within gay culture & African-American religiosity,

Don't see it if uncomfortable with graphic descriptions of gay life or criticism of conservative Christianity, actors playing multiple overlapping roles Read more

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