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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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TeethTeeth
 
[Off-Broadway, 2024]
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A Strange LoopA Strange Loop
 
[West End, 2023]
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[Broadway, 2022] [Replacement]
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[Off-Broadway, 2019]
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Writing

White Girl in Danger
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Teeth
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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

Michael R. JacksonA Strange Loop


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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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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 the following awards: - 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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