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Cycles going through a hierarchy
A strange loop is a cyclic structure that goes through several levels in a hierarchical system. It arises when, by moving only upwards or downwards through
Strange_loop
2019 stage musical by Michael R. Jackson
A Strange Loop is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Michael R. Jackson, which won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. First produced off-Broadway
A_Strange_Loop
2007 book by Douglas Hofstadter
I Am a Strange Loop is a 2007 book by Douglas Hofstadter, examining in depth the concept of a strange loop to explain the sense of "I". The concept of
I_Am_a_Strange_Loop
Topics referred to by the same term
A strange loop is a cyclic structure that goes through several levels in a hierarchical system. Strange loop may also refer to: I Am a Strange Loop, a
Strange_loop_(disambiguation)
American actor
for his starring role as Usher in the Broadway theatre production of A Strange Loop in 2022. He also earned a Grammy Award nomination for the cast recording
Jaquel_Spivey
American comedian, writer, and singer
Desk Award for his leading performance in the off-Broadway musical A Strange Loop. He has acted on television shows including Search Party, High Maintenance
Larry_Owens_(actor)
1979 book by Douglas Hofstadter
Hofstadter coins the term "strange loop", a concept he examines in more depth in his follow-up book I Am a Strange Loop. To escape many of the logical
Gödel,_Escher,_Bach
American actor
and film actor best known for originating the role of Thought #6 in A Strange Loop and for his role in the television series Will Trent. Hopper's family
Antwayn_Hopper
American professor of cognitive science (born 1945)
self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogy-making, strange loops, ambigrams, artificial intelligence, and discovery in mathematics and
Douglas_Hofstadter
American musical theater actress
Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in A Strange Loop on Broadway, and was credited as the first openly transgender actor to
L_Morgan_Lee
Winners of the four main US performing art awards
Theater Album – The Color Purple Tony Awards: 2022: Best Musical – A Strange Loop American actress and producer Viola Davis (born 1965) received her fourth
EGOT
American singer and actress (born 1981)
Purple (2015) and won the Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer of A Strange Loop (2022). Hudson has served as a coach on both the British and the American
Jennifer_Hudson
2016 studio album by Paul Dempsey
Strange Loop is the third studio album by Australian singer–songwriter Paul Dempsey. Dempsey. The album was released in May 2016 and peaked at number 5
Strange_Loop_(album)
2026 award ceremony for music
credited in Tony Award records as a winning producer of the musical A Strange Loop (which previously made Jennifer Hudson the 17th EGOT winner, and also
68th_Annual_Grammy_Awards
Process where information about current status is used to influence future status
Resonance – Physical characteristic of oscillating systems Stability criterion Strange loop – Cycles going through a hierarchy Unintended consequences – Unforeseen
Feedback
2022 theatrical awards ceremony
including Best Revival of a Musical. The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop was the most-nominated show of the season, with 11 nominations, and won
75th_Tony_Awards
American theatre director
directing the Broadway musicals A Strange Loop, Be More Chill, and The Lightning Thief. For his work on A Strange Loop, Brackett received a nomination for
Stephen_Brackett
American playwright, lyricist and composer
American playwright, composer, and lyricist, best known for his musical A Strange Loop, which won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2022 Tony Award
Michael_R._Jackson
1993 studio album by Liz Phair
"Shatter" 5:28 14. "Flower" 2:03 15. "Johnny Sunshine" 3:27 16. "Gunshy" 3:15 17. "Stratford-on-Guy" 2:59 18. "Strange Loop?" 3:56 Total length: 55:51
Exile_in_Guyville
American film producer from California
received a Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for the musical A Strange Loop. She is the daughter of centibillionaire Larry Ellison. Ellison was born
Megan_Ellison
American producer (born 1957)
the Tony Award for Best Musical for The Band's Visit in 2018 and for A Strange Loop in 2022. He will also produce the upcoming stage adaptation of La La
Marc_Platt_(producer)
American actress, comedian, and writer (born 1979)
received a Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for the musical A Strange Loop. Vera Mindy Chokalingam was born June 24, 1979, in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mindy_Kaling
Scottish actor, producer, director, writer and presenter (born 1965)
received a Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer of the musical A Strange Loop. In 2025, Cumming was awarded a law doctorate by the University of St
Alan_Cumming
Limitative results in mathematical logic
books Gödel, Escher, Bach and I Am a Strange Loop, cites Gödel's theorems as an example of what he calls a strange loop, a hierarchical, self-referential
Gödel's incompleteness theorems
Gödel's_incompleteness_theorems
American comedian (born 1987)
They previously won the Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for A Strange Loop (2022). Ilana Glazer was born on April 12, 1987, in New York City, the
Ilana_Glazer
English musical theatre actress and singer
"A Strange Loop review – 'fat, Black, queer body' musical is magnificent". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 October 2025. "A Strange Loop – first
Sharlene_Hector
American actor (born 1964)
received a Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for the musical A Strange Loop. Cheadle was born on November 29, 1964, in Kansas City, Missouri. His
Don_Cheadle
Aspect of communication theory
inconsistent with, the higher levels, it is called a "strange loop". Essentially, "a 'strange' loop is a repetitive interactional pattern that alternates
Coordinated management of meaning
Coordinated_management_of_meaning
American actor and singer (born 1969)
another Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for the musical A Strange Loop. He made his directorial debut in 2022 with the romantic comedy film
Billy_Porter
Plot device in fiction
involving closed timelike curves. An early example of a time loop is the 1915 Russian novel Strange Life of Ivan Osokin, where the main character gets to live
Time_loop
American theatrical producer
theatrical producer. She won a Tony Award for Best Musical for producing A Strange Loop (2022). Whitman is the daughter of investment advisor Martin J. Whitman
Barbara_Whitman
1948 lithograph by Dutch artist M. C. Escher
in Douglas Hofstadter's book Gödel, Escher, Bach, as an example of a strange loop. It is used in Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold
Drawing_Hands
American journalist
MSNBC. Stafford won a Tony Award in 2022 as one of the co-producers of A Strange Loop. Stafford was born in Tennessee. He attended DePaul University and studied
Zach_Stafford
Prefix in English derived from Greek
meaning of the term. The book, which deals with self-reference and strange loops, and touches on Quine and his work, was influential in many computer-related
Meta_(prefix)
2018 simulation video game
Eco is a simulation game created by American studio Strange Loop Games, in which players have to work together to create a civilization on a virtual planet
Eco_(2018_video_game)
Visualization of variable interrelationships
(statistics) – Statistical term Positive feedback – Loop that increases an initial effect Strange loop – Cycles going through a hierarchy System dynamics –
Causal_loop_diagram
American costume designer
Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved May 10, 2026. Dan Meyer (June 13, 2020). "A Strange Loop, The Inheritance, Moulin Rouge! Win Big at 2020 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill
Montana_Levi_Blanco
American voice actor and drag performer
professional stage actor in the Circle Theatre Fort Worth's production of A Strange Loop, playing the protagonist Usher. Rich Lopez of Dallas Voice said: "Kiba
Kiba_Walker
American post-hardcore band
as he contributed keyboards and samples. Edsel's debut album, titled Strange Loop, was released in 1992 on an independent label from Baltimore, Merkin
Edsel_(band)
2021 film by Jane Schoenbrun
regrets having done so. In her next conversation with JLB, they discuss strange loop theory and her sense that the world has always been false. JLB says they
We're All Going to the World's Fair
We're_All_Going_to_the_World's_Fair
American film
"Playwrights Horizons Leads 2020 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations With Strange Loop and Heroes of the Fourth Turning". Playbill. Retrieved April 14, 2020
Octet_(film)
Edge that connects a node to itself
theory) Graph theory Glossary of graph theory Möbius ladder Möbius strip Strange loop Klein bottle Balakrishnan, V. K.; Graph Theory, McGraw-Hill; 1 edition
Loop_(graph_theory)
American theatrical producer and entrepreneur
executive producer, Grand Theft Hamlet, 2024 Tony Award for Best Musical, A Strange Loop, as producer, 2022 Tony Award for Best Play, The Inheritance, as producer
Eric_Kuhn
American actress (born 1964)
Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2019. "A Strange Loop, The Inheritance, Moulin Rouge! Win Big at 2020 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill
Laura_Linney
American film producer and director (born 1946)
for six Emmys. In 2022, he produced the Tony Award-winning musical A Strange Loop and co-directed the Grammy-winning documentary Jazz Fest: A New Orleans
Frank_Marshall_(filmmaker)
Loop delay that occurs when a video camera is pointed at its own playback video monitor
electrons. Video feedback is discussed in Douglas Hofstadter's book I Am a Strange Loop about the human mind and consciousness. Hofstadter devotes a chapter
Video_feedback
American actress (born 1985)
2025. McPhee, Ryan (July 14, 2020). "Heroes of the Fourth Turning, A Strange Loop Among 2020 Obie Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved May 8, 2025. Campione
Zoë_Winters
1984 video game
is a 1984 platform game published by Automata UK for the ZX Spectrum. Strange Loop previously published the game as Infernal Combustion. Piromania is a
Piromania
2019 play by Will Arbery
our culture war." Meyer, Dan (4 May 2020). "Michael R. Jackson's 'A Strange Loop' Wins 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama". Playbill. Retrieved 12 June 2026
Heroes_of_the_Fourth_Turning
Award for best Broadway musical
included in the tally, then the shortest-run distinction belongs to A Strange Loop.) The Phantom of the Opera is the longest-running Best Musical winner
Tony_Award_for_Best_Musical
American attorney and author (born 1984)
producer. In theatre production, Harris won a Tony Award for producing A Strange Loop and was also nominated for producing Suffs. Harris's first children's
Meena_Harris
American musician
"A Strange Loop Designers". Playwrights Horizons. 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2020. TV, BroadwayWorld. "Meet the 2022 Tony Nominees: A STRANGE LOOP's Charlie
Charlie_Rosen_(musician)
Fast game of competitive solitaire
The simple central game mechanic is a mathematical formula known as a strange loop. Great American Puzzle Factory, Inc. of South Norwalk, Connecticut, United
Lucky_Seven_(game)
21st-century American playwright
October 25, 2022. Paulson, Michael (July 15, 2020). "Obies Honor 'A Strange Loop' and 'Heroes of the Fourth Turning'". The New York Times. Archived from
Will_Arbery
American actor (born 1988)
Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025. Dan Meyer (June 13, 2020). "A Strange Loop, The Inheritance, Moulin Rouge! Win Big at 2020 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill
Chris_Perfetti
Nigerian actor
Death and the King's Horseman (2023), Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (2023), and A Strange Loop (2025). In 2026, Umeh made their television debut with the role of Dee
Amaka_Umeh
Decentralized personal server platform
functional programmers". In 2015, Yarvin's invitation to discuss Urbit at the Strange Loop programming conference was rescinded; the conference organizer said Yarvin's
Urbit
American actress
Repertory Theatre listing Filmbug.com "Heroes of the Fourth Turning and A Strange Loop Named Winners of 2020 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards". April 16
Deirdre_O'Connell_(actress)
won the Tony Award for Best Musical for producing the Broadway show A Strange Loop. Charles had already achieved international fame as a drag queen with
List of awards and nominations received by RuPaul
List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_RuPaul
Welsh-born musician (born 1970)
EP Released: 14 May 2021 All on You EP Released: 11 June 2021 I Am a Strange Loop EP Released: 7 October 2022 The Grounding Process EP Released: 4 November
Andy_Bell_(Welsh_musician)
American filmmaker (born 1946)
made his Broadway producing debut as a co-producer on the musical A Strange Loop. He went on to produce the stage musical adaptations of Water for Elephants
Steven_Spielberg
American drag queen, actor and musician (born 1960)
Award for Best Musical in 2022 as a producer of the Broadway musical A Strange Loop. He also voices himself as the announcer on The Tiny Chef Show. He began
RuPaul
American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1977)
Culwell-Block, Logan (May 11, 2022). "2022 Tony Award Nominations: A Strange Loop, MJ, Paradise Square Lead the Pack". Playbill. Retrieved May 11, 2022
Shoshana_Bean
Sentence, idea or formula that refers to itself
since been implemented using wikis and other technologies. Hofstadter's 'strange loop' metaphysics attempts to map consciousness onto self-reference, but is
Self-reference
Situation in which one cannot avoid a problem because of contradictory constraints
Ninety–ninety rule No-win situation Pyrrhic victory Self-reference Social trap Strange loop Vicious circle Wicked problem Zugzwang Largest Idioms Dictionary, The
Catch-22_(logic)
American media strategist, speechwriter, and theatrical producer
Retrieved 2026-06-27. Lewis, Hilary (2022-06-13). "Tony Awards: 'A Strange Loop' Takes Best Musical as 'The Lehman Trilogy,' 'Company' Dominate With
Alex_Levy_(producer)
Distributed database software
Retrieved 2013-02-04. Halloway, Stuart. "Datomic: A New Database". The Strange Loop. Archived from the original on 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2013-02-04. "Datomic
Datomic
American actress
Retrieved January 6, 2022. Lang, Brent (May 9, 2022). "Tony Awards 2022: 'A Strange Loop,' 'MJ,' 'Paradise Square' Dominate Nominations". Variety. Henry, Alan
Carmen_Cusack
winner Hadestown (Anaïs Mitchell also won for Score), and 2022 winner A Strange Loop (Michael R. Jackson also won for Book). Design Awards: Eleven shows have
List_of_Tony_Award_records
American actress (born 1966)
July 30, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2015. "2022 Tony Award Winners: A Strange Loop, The Lehman Trilogy, Company, Take Me Out Win Top Honors". Playbill.
Rachel_Dratch
Process of repeating items in a self-similar way
property Spiegel im Spiegel – 1978 musical composition by Arvo Pärt Strange loop – Cycles going through a hierarchy Tail recursion – Subroutine call performed
Recursion
Tony Award for Best Musical. He was awarded in 2022 for producing A Strange Loop, before receiving further nominations for producing both Water for Elephants
List of awards and nominations received by Steven Spielberg
List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Steven_Spielberg
American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1975)
Culwell-Block, Logan (May 9, 2022). "2022 Tony Award Nominations: A Strange Loop, MJ, Paradise Square Lead the Pack". Playbill. Retrieved May 9, 2022
Sutton_Foster
Group of performers who comment on a drama
theatre is significant in winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, A Strange Loop, in which six "Thoughts" follow around the protagonist, Usher, and represent
Greek_chorus
American actor (born 1970)
Honorees". Deadline. Retrieved April 18, 2021. "'The Inheritance,' 'Strange Loop,' 'Moulin Rouge' Among Drama Desk Award Winners". Variety. June 14, 2020
Raúl_Esparza
1997 book by Douglas Hofstadter about translation
(Hofstadter went on to follow with an even more personal book titled I Am a Strange Loop after the death of his wife). Reviewing the book for The Washington Post
Le_Ton_beau_de_Marot
Annual UK theatre awards
The Little Big Things – @sohoplace Next to Normal – Donmar Warehouse A Strange Loop – Barbican Theatre Best Revival Best Musical Revival Vanya – Duke of
2024_Laurence_Olivier_Awards
American actor (born 1990)
Clyde's on Broadway". Retrieved 2022-05-12. Meyer, Dan (June 13, 2020). "A Strange Loop, The Inheritance, Moulin Rouge! Win Big at 2020 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill
Edmund_Donovan
American stage actor (born 1997)
gained wider prominence as the alternate for Thoughts 1, 2, and 3, in A Strange Loop. They recorded a song from the show for the album Broadway's Carol for
Mars_Rucker
Folk story and cautionary tale
Jackson (the latter of whom wrote the Tony Award–winning musical A Strange Loop). The show features a musical sequence in which the cast's female ensemble
Vagina_dentata
Annual theater awards in New York City
2020-05-26. McPhee, Ryan (2020-07-14). "Heroes of the Fourth Turning, A Strange Loop Among 2020 Obie Award Winners". Playbill. Archived from the original
Obie_Award
2012 video game
Vessel is a physics-based, steampunk, puzzle-platform game developed by Strange Loop Games and published by indiePub. It was released March 1, 2012 for Microsoft
Vessel_(video_game)
Musical by Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs
April 28". Playbill. Retrieved 2024-05-06. Evans, Greg (May 9, 2023). "'Strange Loop' Playwright Michael R. Jackson To Pen Stage Musical Adaptation Of Cult
Teeth_(musical)
American NYC theater awards, since 1950
Musical Darling Grenadine Octet The Secret Life of Bees Soft Power A Strange Loop Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Betrayal Fires
Outer_Critics_Circle_Awards
Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York
2022). "A Strange Loop – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Archived from the original on May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023. "A Strange Loop @ Lyceum
Lyceum_Theatre_(Broadway)
Theatre based on LGBTQ experience
Subsequent notable American LGBTQ musicals include Fun Home, The Prom, and A Strange Loop. The history of LGBTQ theatre has inspired many plays and musicals over
LGBTQ_theatre
American independent media company
film format from National Theatre Live. Fleabag 2019–ongoing The Lehman Trilogy 2020 Death of a Salesman Betrayal 2021–ongoing Company A Strange Loop
Annapurna_Pictures
American investor, philanthropist, and billionaire
honorary doctorate from Yeshiva University. In 2022, Tisch helped produce A Strange Loop, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical. On March 11, 2026, Tish along
Laurie_Tisch
Character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
zealots with him in return for Strange breaking the loop. After Mordo turned his back on him after leaving him, Strange returns the Eye to Kamar-Taj, and
Stephen Strange (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Stephen_Strange_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)
American actress (born 1948)
Playbill. Retrieved July 9, 2025. "2022 Drama League Award winners: 'A Strange Loop,' 'Company,' Sutton Foster …". GoldDerby. May 22, 2022. Retrieved July
Phylicia_Rashad
Type of optical illusion
vague stimuli Puzzle – Problem or enigma that tests a person's ingenuity Strange loop – Cycles going through a hierarchy Surrealism – International cultural
Impossible_object
Play by Theresa Rebeck
Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025. Dan Meyer (June 13, 2020). "A Strange Loop, The Inheritance, Moulin Rouge! Win Big at 2020 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill
Seared_(play)
Australian animated television series
The Strange Chores is an Australian animated television series created by Charlie Aspinwall and Daley Pearson and co-produced by Ludo Studio and Media
The_Strange_Chores
Marvel Comics fictional character
Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by artist Steve Ditko with scripting
Doctor_Strange
Thought experiment on the philosophy of identity
Books. ISBN 978-0-465-04624-9. Hofstadter, Douglas (March 2007). I Am a Strange Loop. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-03078-1. — Chapter 21 ("A Brief Brush with
Teletransportation_paradox
American award for distinguished plays
(2010), Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton (2016), and Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop (2020). Though it did not win for Drama, Oklahoma! was awarded a special
Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama
Topics referred to by the same term
Marvel Comics villain Vessel (video game), a 2012 video game developed by Strange Loop Games Vessels - characters in the game Hollow Knight Vessel (structure)
Vessel
American lighting designer
for two more in the category Best Lighting Design for the musicals A Strange Loop and The Lost Boys, and the play Death of a Salesman. "Lighting Designer
Jen_Schriever
Software company
MSX2, Pony Canyon) - Releases". Generation MSX. Generation-MSX.nl. "Strange Loop". Generation MSX. Generation-MSX.nl. "Tengoku Yoitoko (1987, MSX2, TAITO)
Zemina
Lithograph printed in 1956 by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher
Hofstadter explains the seeming paradox embodied in Print Gallery as a strange loop showing three kinds of "in-ness": the gallery is physically in the town
Print_Gallery_(M._C._Escher)
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