This is very much a movement in the American theater, at present: Jeremy O. Both pieces explore the sexual desires of a gay Black men and as such, they expand intersectionality into the sexual subconscious, arguing in essence that white supremacy has infiltrated even there. But thematically, it is similar and just as poetically resonant and ambitious.
“Magnolia Ballet,” which was first seen in a different production at Plowshares Theatre and the Williamston Theatre in Michigan and is getting its debut Chicago production from About Face Theatre at the Den Theatre, is not a musical. Jackson musical “A Strange Loop,” a very personal, clearly autobiographical piece that probes the psyche of a single Black man in New York City. Next week at the Tony Awards, attention likely will land on the Michael R.
