Gay, Black playwright Michael R. Jackson has won the Pulitzer Prize for drama with his highly-acclaimed queer musical, A Strange Loop.
His musical had previously won the New York Drama Critic’s Circle Award for Best Musical and two Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Featured Actor in a muiscal.
His win was announced behind closed doors due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and he beat out fellow finalists Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery and David