Bob the Drag Queen & more celebrate Big, Black and Queer Night at ‘A Strange Loop’

8th November 2022 BWM Staff

Black and LGBTQ+ joy was on full display at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway on Thursday as Bob The Drag Queen hosted Big, Black and Queer night at A Strange Loop. The show won the Tony Award for Best Musical.

The actor, comic and season eight winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race, who can be seen on We’re Here on HBOMax, helped celebrate the historic strides the Tony-winning musical has ushered in for Black and queer representation in theater and American culture.

A Strange Loop Queer Night. — Group shot w. Bob The Drag Queen (outside Lyceum Theatre). Photo Credit: Marc J. Franklin

Following the musical’s 7 p.m. performance Bob The Drag Queen led a talkback with A Strange Loop cast members and creatives before a diverse audience which included celebrity guests Peppermint, Mila Jam, DJ 2Face, Kizah Carr, Basit and more out to celebrate the event during LGBT History Month.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical centers around Usher, a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer… Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning, blisteringly funny masterwork exposes the heart and soul of a young artist grappling with desires, identity, and instincts he both loves and loathes.

Peppermint (Artist). Photo Credit: Marc J. Franklin

Hell-bent on breaking free of his own self-perception, Usher wrestles with the thoughts in his head, brought to life on stage by a hilarious, straight-shooting ensemble. Bold and heartfelt in its truth-telling, A STRANGE LOOP is the big, Black and queer-ass Great American Musical for all.

A Strange Loop runs on Broadway through January 15.