'Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music' to be screened at Palm Springs Art Museum

The new loud, proud and wildly entertaining concert documentary "Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music" will have a special advanced screening at 2 p.m. June 25 at the Palm Springs Art Museum.

Mac − whose preferred gender pronoun is judy − is a theatre artist who has received a number of honors and nominations over the years. Mac is a MacArthur Fellow, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a Tony nominee for Best Play ("Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus"), and recipient of the Kennedy Prize.

"A 24-Decade History of Popular Music" is a 24-hour performance art concert whose creation began in 2010. The concert was only performed once from beginning to end − including 240 songs performed by Mac and a large ensemble − in 2016 at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York. Later performances took place around the world and were divided into four six-hour chapters. The show won The Kennedy Prize, an Obie, two Bessies, two Australian Helpmann Awards, a Drama Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

In the documentary "Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music," audiences will be able to catch this concert that reimages American history as an "over-the-top, queer-inflected, counter-cultural, musical extravaganza," according to a press release. Helmed by Academy Award-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, the film includes everything from extravagant musicians and costumes to the "deconstruction of the American myth told through sailors’ ditties, disco and sugary pop alike."

The film will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in June.

Following the Palm Springs Art Museum screening will be a Q&A with Mac and the filmmakers moderate by social activist Marc Huestis.

The screening is free with museum admission or membership. Those interested in attending can RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/yk6943np

Ema Sasic covers entertainment and health in the Coachella Valley. Reach her at ema.sasic@desertsun.com or on Twitter @ema_sasic.

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