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A Strange Loop, awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for drama transferred to Broadway this year after an Off Broadway premiere at Playwrights Horizons. The musical steps into the psyche and entity of fat, Black, homosexual Usher and unapologetically opens the door into his life, dreams and realities as messy and screwed-up and admirable and heroic and amorphous and yearning as they are.
With book, music and lyrics by Michael R. Jackson, directed by Stephen Brackett and choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly, The Strange Loop is currently running at the Lyceum. The production is as particular as a feedback loop stuck on itself, rounding turns with robotic precision, speeding up and slowing down to begin where there is no inception, and end, well, never. In a very weird and wonderful way, as we view the machinations of how a heavy , Black queer deals with being a loathsome/cool chubby Black queer, whether one is straight, white, 18-40 BMI female, age 20 and up, or 35- 75-year-old straight, white male 23-40 BMI, or slender Asian or Latina unbent or gay male or female, 30-70 somethings, or any identifying LGBTQ individual of any age, shape and size
As Pride month approached, Playbill reached out to a host of LGBTQIA+ artists, asking, "How perform you 'say gay' (celebrate Pride) every day?"
Read a superb mix of insightful, humorous, and moving responses below.
Nikomeh Anderson
I say gay every day by wearing what I long regardless of how my gender is perceived by others, even toxic masculine folks on the street. Being perceived masculine and wearing dresses can sometimes be dangerous for me as a trans person, but I hope to pave the way for gender fluid and genderqueer folks to feel guarded in the streets. If a cis guy has a problem with me, it's due to his own uncomfortability with femininity, expressive masculinity, and, ultimately, his most expressive and in-tune self.
Bryan Batt
At the peril of sounding a bit Pollyanna, I try to save a smile on my face, a song in my heart, a spring in my step, and just stay my happy experience putting forth as much prideful positivity as possible. There will always be those that assess from the sidelines, but I'm just too busy celebrating our community and enjoying our fabulous parade!
Jenn Colella
I speak gay by holding my partner's hand and sharing my love and resp
Antwayn Hopper
BIO
Broadway: A Strange Loop, Hair. Choose Off-Bway/NY: Pulitzer Prize-winning A Strange Loop (Playwrights Horizons), The Loophole (NY Public), Civil War Christmas (NYTW), and This Ain't No Disco (NYSF). Select Regional: A Ghost in Satin (Williamstown), Nick's Flamingo Grill (Alliance), Camino Real (Goodman), The Brothers Size (Old Globe), Rent (Syracuse Stage), Jesus Christ Superstar (Lyric Opera House), Smokey Joe's Cafe (New Theatre). Film/TV: A Thousand and One, Girl Most Likely, Citizen Zero, "The Knick," "The Blacklist," "Royal Pains," "Z: The Beginning Of Everything," "Shades of Blue," "A Gifted Man," the voice of Shadow in Tear, Suture, Scab (to be released 2022). Recordings/In Concert: The Double Threat Trio (Demo, PCLO), Muscles: The Daystar God (Jim Rado, Steve Margoshes), Voices in Ohio with The Bengsons (Ars Nova), Showboat (Carnegie Hall). Trained at the School of Drama at Carnegie Mellon. Obie 2020 & a Craig Noel Award (The Brothers Size).
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'Man enough to wear a moo-moo and a bonnet': Topeka native creates buzz on 'Will Trent'
- Antwayn Hopper, originally from Topeka, recently debuted in season three of ABC's "Will Trent" as Rafael Wexford.
- Hopper's character is a male lover single father and known gang leader.
- The actor believes his background in theater in Topeka prepared him for the demanding role.
Topeka native Antwayn Hopper recently made his debut on season three of the ABC show "Will Trent" as Rafael Wexford.
Hopper's traits, Wexford, who is known as a dangerous criminal and gang leader in the community, is the prime suspect in the shooting of two Atlanta Police Department officers, one of whom died. The show is based on the "Will Trent" novels written by Karin Slaughter.
The main character of the show — Georgia Bureau of Investigation Distinct Agent Will Trent — had just made the difficult conclusion to fulfill his law enforcement duties by arresting his ex-girlfriend. That decision led Trent to end season 2 by going on a six-month hiatus from the GBI.
Trent's hiatus ends soon after the start of season three after Hopper's character Wexford called for Trent to restore to Atlanta and the GBI to help him since