Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: 1956–1986
April 12, 14, 15, 16 @ 7:30PM
“Ragingly original and bracingly radical” (TimeOut New York), theater artist Taylor Mac returns to the MCA with his essential A History of Popular Music. Mac is currently building the project decade by decade and song by song (each decade presented in a different US city); it culminates in 2016 with an epic 24-hour-long extravaganza that covers US history from the founding of our country in 1776 up to the present.
Taylor Mac arrives in Chicago clad in the brilliant costume creations of Machine Dazzle to present this subjective history lesson, told through music, that takes the form of three-hour-long concerts that bridge three decades—from 1956 to 1986. Mac’s astute take on music and culture spans the times of civil rights struggles and the Stonewall Uprising as well as the disco era and beyond. Join in as Mac and his band build a hilarious and healing community ritual from our shared history of music and life.