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Taylor Mac, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music at St. Ann’s, Brooklyn

October 8, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - October 9, 2016 @ 12:00 pm

$400

Taylor Mac, Danton Boller“a staggering magnum opus”The New York Times

“Mac’s musical survey … is offered in the spirit Whitman had in mind when he said that he heard America singing.”The New Yorker

Taylor Mac’s glittering performance art concerts chart a (highly) subjective history of popular music and activism in America from the nation’s founding in 1776 to the present day. Created with a bevy of collaborators, including music director / arranger Matt Ray, co-director Niegel Smith, 2015 MacArthur Fellow Mimi Lien, lighting designer John Torres, and longtime fellow traveler and costume provocateur Machine Dazzle, this highly anticipated World Premiere will be the first time Taylor Mac performs the complete 24-decade history in its entirety.

“Fabulousness can come in many forms, and Taylor Mac seems intent on assuming each and every one of them.”The New York Times

Stay Up All Day and Night: Taylor will perform one 24-Hour Marathon without intermission. Yes, Mary, we ask you to stay for the entire performance.

24-Hour Marathon Oct 8-9 | Noon – Noon
Tickets $400 | Extremely limited | Sorry Mary, you may not share your Marathon ticket.

About the Acts:
ACT I: 1776-1806

Founding Father Drag, Women’s Lib, and Crazy Jane
The American Revolution from the perspective of the Yankee Doodle Dandy and an epic battle between drinking songs and early Temperance songs. Starts with an orchestra of 24.

ACT II: 1806-1836
Young Love, Blindfolds, and Murder Ballads
Destined for Broadway, this romp through such chestnuts as “Old Oaken Bucket”, “An Apparition of a Dandy” and that #1 hit, “Poor Little Gypsy” is certain to be a surefire sensation, if not the greatest jukebox musical in the history of mankind.

ACT III: 1836-1866
Puppets, Whitman, and Civil War
Two men fall in love while escaping slavery; Walt Whitman and Stephen Foster go head to head for title of “Father of the American Song” culminating in the queerest Civil War Reenactment in history.

ACT IV: 1866-1896
Circus, Mikado, and the Oklahoma Land Rush
A dinner theater production of The Mikado set on Mars, plus the queerest land grab in history.

ACT V: 1896-1926
Tenements, Trenches, and Speakeasies
A Jewish tenement, a WWI trench reenactment and a dance-off between 12 ukulele playing Tiny Tims and 12 Charles Dickens Tiny Tims.

ACT VI: 1926-1956
The Depression, Prison Fantasies, and the Atomic Bomb
Oh the Depression, ain’t it great… Zoot Suit Riots, Japanese Internment Camps, and white people flee the cities.

ACT VII: 1956-1986
A March, a Riot, and a Backroom Sex Party
Bayard Rustin’s March on Washington leads to Queer riots; sexual deviance as revolution. Due to popular demand, Act VII will be performed twice.

ACT VIII: 1986-2016
Direct Action, Radical Lesbians, and Originals
A community builds itself under siege, radical lesbians avenge, and Taylor performs original songs for 2016.

“Taylor Mac seduces you, breaks your heart, patches it back up again and sews sequins along the scars.”The Irish Times

“The love child of David Bowie and Liza Minnelli” (LA Times), Taylor Mac is an Obie Award winning performance artist, playwright and actor who is a 2016 winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship and Doris Duke Artist Award.

Details

Start:
October 8, 2016 @ 12:00 pm
End:
October 9, 2016 @ 12:00 pm
Cost:
$400

Venue

St. Ann’s Warehouse
45 Water St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201 United States
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