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TheatreTube: Taylor Mac

Taylor Mac needs no introduction around here, right?

Okay, okay, here's a bit from his bio ...

In 2007 the Village Voice, Time Out, and The New York Press named Taylor Mac one of New York's best.

... and his artistic statement ...

I consider myself a theatre artist working in the genre of pastiche (but isn't all theatre the genre of pastiche). This is a fancy way of saying I do a lot of different things. I'm a playwright, an actor, songwriter, director, visual artist, and activist. I create work for others that I don't perform in, perform in other artist's work, create performance art parties and huge theatrical extravaganzas (with at least a dozen performers, puppets, and musicians), perform solo, and sometimes squish all of these hats together and come up with what most people in academic circles would call a postmodern theatric.

Okay ... here's a video. (And you may need to have been in a NYC subway since 9/11 to get this, but hopefully that's enough of a clue to help out.)

Wasn't that great? See more here.

Also, that video is part of the HERE Arts Center's YouTube channel, which has lots more great stuff, and is here.

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