As 2025 draws to a close, we invite some friends of The Queer Review, including prominent creators, performers, and activists to share the LGBTQ+ culture that has sustained, stimulated, moved, inspired, or brought them solace this year. We hope that you enjoy this eclectic selection and discover something new to revel in. We would love... Continue Reading →
The Queer Review 2024 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year
As 2024 draws to a close, we invite some friends of The Queer Review, including prominent creators, performers, artists, and activists to share the LGBTQ+ culture that has sustained, stimulated, moved, inspired, or brought them joy this year. We hope that you enjoy this eclectic selection and discover something new to revel in. We would... Continue Reading →
Emmys 2024 FYC Exclusive Interview: Taylor Mac on his 24-Decade History of Popular Music “so much of queer culture has been erased – I wanted to make something so big it couldn’t be ignored”
In 2016, Taylor Mac performed a one-time-only, 24-hour immersive theatrical experience in front of a live audience at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. The concert offered an alternative take on U.S. history, narrated through music that was popular from the nation’s founding to the present, with Mac transforming hourly by changing into elaborate, decade-specific costumes... Continue Reading →
The Queer Review 2023 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year
As 2023 draws to a close, we invite some friends of The Queer Review, including prominent creators, performers, artists, and activists to share the LGBTQ+ culture that has sustained, stimulated, moved, inspired, or brought them joy this year. We hope that you enjoy reading this eclectic selection and discover something new to revel in. We... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: Bark of Millions (Sydney Opera House, Sydney) ★★★★★
One does not merely watch a Taylor Mac and Matt Ray performance, one experiences it, and when they turn their attention exclusively to queerness, you ride the waves of a musical art extravaganza until you wash up on a distant shore, exhausted but elated. Their new show, Bark of Millions, features fifty-five brand new songs,... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Niegel Smith & Faye Driscoll on directing the world premiere of Taylor Mac’s queer epic Bark of Millions at Sydney Opera House
Legendary performer Taylor Mac and musical director Matt Ray’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music broke ground with its monumental scope and vision, earned the duo a slew of awards (including a Pulitzer Prize nomination) and became the subject of a fascinating HBO documentary made by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman which premiered at Tribeca... Continue Reading →
