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AIDS AT 40 — VOICES OF THE EPIDEMIC

HEAR ME: VOICES OF THE EPIDEMIC—an original, sound-based installation in recognition of World AIDS Day—and the online conversation series A Time To Listen mark the forty years since the United States Centers for Disease Control’s first reports about the emergence of the disease.

The installation and conversation series bring together the voices of Vito Russo, Iris de la Cruz, Kia LaBeija, Constantine Jones, David Wojnarowicz, Michael Callen, Larry Kramer, and many more.

See link below for details.

HEAR ME—VOICES OF THE EPIDEMIC

Through December 31.

New York City AIDS Memorial

Greenwich Avenue and West 12th Street, New York City.

From top: Vito Russo and Bette Midler at the Gay Pride rally in Washington Square Park, New York City, June 24, 1973, image courtesy and © the Estate of Vito Russo and Charles Russo; Kia LaBeija, Eleven, 2015, image © Kia LaBeija, courtesy of the artist; David Wojnarowicz in 1988; Iris de la Cruz; Larry Kramer with his dog Molly in 1989, photograph by Robert Giard, courtesy and © the Estate of Robert Giard and the New York Public Library.

TAYLOR MAC IN LOS ANGELES

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Near the end of his recent T magazine essay on queer theater and the landmark plays of Mart Crowley (The Boys in the Band), Tony Kushner (Angels in America), Larry Kramer (The Normal Heart), Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song Trilogy), and Paul Rudnick (Jeffrey), Jesse Green wrote:

“Among the new works I’ve actually seen, the only… piece that rises to the level of those I’ve beatified is Taylor Mac’s A 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC… Miraculously, it combines Kushner’s vision, Kramer’s anger, Crowley’s cattiness, Fierstein’s warmth and Rudnick’s wit (plus a whole lot else) into one subversive astonishment…”*

Prepare to be astonished as Taylor brings his complete magnum opus to Los Angeles, starting this week. Each chapter in this CAP UCLA presentation in downtown L.A. comprises a 6-hour performance.

 

TAYLOR MAC—A 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC

CHAPTER 1 (1776-1836), Thursday, March 15, at 6 pm.

CHAPTER II (1836-1896), Saturday, March 17, at 6 pm.

CHAPTER III (1896-1956), Thursday, March 22, at 6 pm.

CHAPTER IV (1956-2016), Saturday, March 24, at 6 pm.

THEATRE AT ACE HOTEL, 929 South Broadway, downtown Los Angeles.

cap.ucla.edu/taylor_mac

See: “A Time to Be Born: Taylor Mac in Conversation with Barlo Perry,” PARIS LA 15:
Taylor Mac in Brooklyn, autumn 2016. Photographs by Teddy Wolff.

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