World Premiere
Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Spotlight Documentary
Feature | United States | 106 MINUTESDocumentary, LGBTQIA+, Music
New York's hottest club is Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music. This club has everything: countercultural history, off-the-wall interpretations of America's most recognizable tunes, ping pong warfare, giant inflatable penises making love and war to David Bowie's "Heroes," shameless gay melodrama, and of course, MacArthur Fellowship winner Taylor Mac.
This riotous concert film documents the New York theater legend's joyous, challenging, and ostentatiously queer 24-hour musical performance as this glittered ringmaster guides an enthralled audience through a transformative cycle of birth, death, and national rebirth. Featuring virtuoso musicians, innovative costumes, and the deconstruction of the American myth told through sailors’ ditties, disco, and sugary pop alike, Mac's cathartic celebration, captured in gorgeous detail by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, is not to be missed.––Shayna Maci Warner
Cast & Credits
Directed by
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Director
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Producer
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Joel Stillerman, Linda Brumbach, Alisa Regas, Taylor Mac, Mari Rivera
Cinematographer
Ellen Kuras, Bobby Bukowski, Buddy Squires
Editor
Brian Johnson, ACE
Associate Producer
Marita Gomsrud
Cast
Taylor Mac, Machine Dazzle, Matt Ray, Niegel Smith, Anastasia Durasova
Contacts
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The Rush system functions as a standby line that will form at the venue approximately one hour prior to scheduled start time. Admittance is based on availability and will begin roughly 10 minutes prior to program start time. Rush Tickets are the same price as advance tickets and are payable upon entry.
