“We need to be talking more about blackness, gayness, body awareness” – Alan Cumming on new musical A Strange Loop
We’ve been excited for A Strange Loop for quite some time – the show has already won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2020 and also the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2022, and after many years in the making and a critically acclaimed Broadway run, it’s about to open in London at the Barbican Theatre next week.
A host of big-name talent is now associated with the musical, which boasts Jennifer Hudson and Billy Porter amongst its co-producers.
Last week, we caught up with Alan Cumming – also a co-producer for the London production – to find out more about the show and how he came to be involved.
It’s a bit of a meta musical – A Strange Loop tells the story of Usher, a black queer man, who is writing a musical about a black queer man writing a musical.
