Staff writer Hilton Als talk with Michael R. Usher sings about the terror of the blank page and the terrors of dating and sex and all in terms that are quite frank, which we'll hear in some of the clips played in this interview, just so you're aware.
He's a Black queer writer who is writing a musical about a Black queer writer who is writing about a Black queer writer. A Strange Loop is about a man named Usher who also happens to work as an usher. It begins its run on Broadway this month. His musical A Strange Loop won the Pulitzer prize in 2020. Jackson, a 41-year-old composer in playwright.
Host: Michael, oh my God, you're on Broadway.
