If you saw one or more parts of Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music in March, you know what an amazing and inspirational theatre event it was. Mac is back with a much shorter show, but no doubt just as thrilling. Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce arrives at Royce Hall on Friday and Saturday night to celebrate the season as only Mac can.
With the previous show Mac was able to turn Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run into a response to the Stonewall Riots, redefine for us what a Yankee Doodle Dandy really is and made the unlikely combination of The Bee Gees and Led Zeppelin work. So one can only imagine how the holiday season might be depicted when put through Mac’s wonderfully imaginative mind.
Will the Dandy Minions be elves? Will Taylor Mac be dressed as Santa? Or a an Angel? Or both? The only clip I’ve seen online indicates there is a sing-a-long of O, Holy Night! Anyone who attended the previous show knows the audience plays a part in how each and every show plays out.
Mac was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for A 24-Decade History…and was named a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient in 2017. To get a sense of Mac’s sensibilities, check out our two part interview from March here and here.
Photos by Little Fang Photographer