"A Strange Loop"
On April 28, journalist Michael Musto announced the nominees for the 10th annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards, including an honorary award to book writer and lyricist Gretchen Cryer as one of OBA’s Legends of Off Broadway. This morning, Charles Busch and Julie Halston announced the 2020 competitive category winners.
The award for Best New Musical went to A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson (book, music, lyrics), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama earlier this month. It was presented June 17-July 28, 2019, at Playwrights Horizons. Best Musical Revival honors went to The Unsinkable Molly Brown by Dick Scanlan (book, new lyrics) and Meredith Willson (music, lyrics), which ran Feb.8-26, 2020, at Transport Group.
The award for Best Family Show was given to She Persisted by Adam Tobin (book, lyrics) and Deborah Wicks La Puma (music), adapted from the book by Chelsea Clinton, illustrated by Alexandra Boiger. It was presented Feb. 22-Mar. 12, 2020, at Atlantic Theater Company.