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BIO

The 2020 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics’ Circle–winning A Strange Loop (which had its 2019 world premiere at Playwrights Horizons in association with Page 73 Productions) was called “a full-on laparoscopy of the heart, soul, and loins” and a “gutsy, jubilantly anguished musical with infectious melodies” by Ben Brantley for The New York Times. In The New Yorker, Vinson Cunningham wrote, “To watch this show is to enter, by some urgent, bawdy magic, an ecstatic and infinitely more colorful version of the famous surreal lithograph by M. C. Escher: the hand that lifts from the page, becoming almost real, then draws another hand, which returns the favor.” In addition to A Strange Loop, he wrote book, music, and lyrics for White Girl in Danger. Awards and associations include a New Professional Theatre Festival Award, a Jonathan Larson Grant, a Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award, an ASCAP Foundation Harold Adamson Award, a Whiting Award, the Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting, an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Drama Desk Award, an Obie Award, an Antonyo Award, a Fred Ebb Award, a Windham-Campbell Prize, and a Dramatists Guild Fellowship. He is an alum of Page 73’s Interstate 73 Writers Group.

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Productions

 
[Off-Broadway, 2024]
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[West End, 2023]
Book, Music & Lyrics
 
[Broadway, 2022] [Replacement]
Writer[Replacement]
 
[Off-Broadway, 2019]
Vocal Arranger

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Book & Lyrics

Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Book of a Musical

Michael R. Jackson, Teeth

Drama Desk Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Lyrics

Michael R. Jackson, Teeth

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Michael R. JacksonTeeth

Drama Desk Awards - 2023 - Outstanding Lyrics

Michael R. Jackson, White Girl in Danger

Drama Desk Awards - 2023 - Outstanding Music

Michael R. Jackson, White Girl in Danger


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Tony Awards - 2022 - Best Book of a Musical

Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop

Tony Awards - 2022 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop

Tony Awards - 2022 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop


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Drama Desk Awards - 2020 - Outstanding Book of a Musical

Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop


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Drama Desk Awards - 2020 - Outstanding Lyrics

Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop

Drama Desk Awards - 2020 - Outstanding Music

Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop


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New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 2020 - Best Musical

Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop


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Obie Awards - 2020 - Playwriting Award

Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop


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Obie Awards - 2020 - Special Citation

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Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2020 - Outstanding Book of a Musical

Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop


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Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2020 - Outstanding New Score

Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop


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The Pulitzer Prize - 2020 - Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop

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News


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HERMITAGE SUNSETS At Selby Continues With Mark Sonnenblick

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Videos You Missed This Week: THE GREAT GATSBY, ENGLISH, and More

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Circle Theatre Announces World Premiere Of DESTROYING DAVID

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Wake Up With BroadwayWorld December 31, 2024

Happy New Year, BroadwayWorld! It is December 31, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Michael R. Jackson & Anna K. Jacobs Break Down The Music of TEETH Off-Broadway

We continue the series with the creators of the off-Broadway sensation, Teeth- Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs. Watch as they unpack Dawn's 11 o'clock number, 'Dentata'. Watch in this video!
Cory Jeacoma, Aaron Arnell Harrington, And Karl Josef Co To Star In S.I.M.P.S. " A New Musical

Self Improvement and Male Preservation Society, or S.I.M.P.S. – A New Musical has announced the star-studded cast for its limited engagement at IRT Theater (154 Christopher Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY) in Manhattan's West Village from Friday, January 24 – Sunday, Feb 2, 2025. 
New Musical S.I.M.P.S. Will Premiere Off-Broadway

Self Improvement and Male Preservation Society, or S.I.M.P.S. will play a limited engagement at IRT Theater in Manhattan’s West Village beginning in January.
Andy Karl And Samantha Dodemaide To Join MOULIN ROUGE! On Broadway This January

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TEETH to Play Final Performance at New World Stages in January

TEETH will conclude its run at New World Stages in January. Teeth features book and music by Anna K. Jacobs, book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize & Tony Award winner Michael R. Jackson. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Photos: Cheeyang Ng & Eric Sorrels Receive the 2024 Fred Ebb Award

The Fred Ebb Foundation has presented the twentieth annual Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters to the team of Cheeyang Ng & Eric Sorrels. See photos from inside the ceremony!
TNNY Hosts Master Class With Anna K. Jacobs

​​​​​​​Theatre Now's next Industry Night will be held later this month, featuring a Master Class with Jonathon Larson Award winner Anna K. Jacobs. Learn more about the event here!
20th Annual Fred Ebb Award To Be Presented Tonight at The Todd Haimes Theater

The Fred Ebb Foundation in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company will present the twentieth annual Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters to the team of Cheeyang Ng & Eric Sorrels. Learn more!
Video: Michael R. Jackson Talks Fake Blood in Off-Broadway's TEETH

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Gabrielle Stravelli, Klea Blackhurst, and Graham Rowat Join SING HAPPY: THE LYRICS OF FRED EBB

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SUFFS Creator Shaina Taub Presented With ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award

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Deaf Austin Theatre Announces RABBIT HOLE And More for 2025 Season

Deaf Austin Theatre has announced their 2025 lineup of shows. Earlier this fall, they announced their summer 2025 production of the musical A Strange Loop.
TEETH Star Alyse Alan Louis Takes Over Our Instagram Today

Teeth the Musical star Alyse Alan Louis is taking over our Instagram today! Follow along here as Louis takes our followers behind-the-scenes of Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson's Off-Broadway musical.
Los Angeles New Play Project Awards Four Prizes in 2024 Competition

Local theater companies in Los Angeles have been awarded grants to produce new plays, focusing on compelling stories that aim to shape the future of theater. Learn more about the grants!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Michael R. Jackson been nominated for?

Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Teeth, Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for Teeth, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Teeth, Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for White Girl in Danger, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for White Girl in Danger, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for A Strange Loop, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for A Strange Loop, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for A Strange Loop, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for A Strange Loop, Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for A Strange Loop, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for A Strange Loop, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for A Strange Loop, Playwriting Award (Obie Awards) for A Strange Loop, Special Citation (Obie Awards) for A Strange Loop, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for A Strange Loop, Outstanding New Score (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for A Strange Loop and Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for A Strange Loop.

What awards has Michael R. Jackson won?

Michael R. Jackson has won several awards, including: - Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for A Strange Loop - Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for A Strange Loop - Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for A Strange Loop - Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for A Strange Loop - Playwriting Award (Obie Awards) for A Strange Loop - Special Citation (Obie Awards) for A Strange Loop - Outstanding Book of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for A Strange Loop - Outstanding New Score (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for A Strange Loop - Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for A Strange Loop

How many shows has Michael R. Jackson written?

Michael R. Jackson has written 2 shows including White Girl in Danger (Book), Teeth (Book & Lyrics).

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