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Michael R. Jackson is the creator of the Tony Award-winning musical A Strange Loop . It’s a musical about writing a musical. It’s about the usher – whose name also happens to be Usher – and follows his life, his parents, his friends, his self-doubts and his aspirations. It explores some very big ideas in its hour and 45 minute runtime. It’s also funny, approachable and really catchy. It won the honor for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical at the most recent Tony Awards. Recently our correspondent Julie Klausner caught the show on Broadway, and she fell in love right away. So she sat down with Michael R. Jackson and together they chatted about the musical. They talked about who inspired some of the characters in the project, the first time Michael showed the musical to his family and more.