The Resume

(January 26, 1981- )
Born in Detroit, Michigan
Received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his musical 'A Strange Loop' (2020)
Won the Tony Award for Best Musical (2022)
Wrote the books for the musicals 'Only Children' and 'Teeth'

Why he might be annoying:

He looks like Randy Jackson.
As he shares a name with The King of Pop, his Twitter handle is @TheLivingMJ.
He wore a bright scarlet cape to the 75th Annual Tony Awards.
His play Strange Loop is autobiographical (about a Broadway usher writing a play about a Broadway usher writing a play).

Why he might not be annoying:

He is openly gay.
He was an usher at The Lion King on Broadway.
He won two Drama Desk Awards and two Obie Awards.
He was named one of the Black Male Writers for our Time by The New York Times in 2018.
He became the first black musical theatre writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
He pulled from his experiences with bullying and homophobia to write Strange Loop.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Allegedly Gay Men
• Black Heavyweights
• BoyWiththeGreenHair’s Profiles [Series 22]
• Huge Eye Wear
• I am From Motown [Detroit Area]
• Look at Me, I Got My Arms Folded
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 286)
• Playwrights
• Profiles 54751-55000 (Ranked: 54776)
• Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2022 [May 2022]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying