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A 24-decade history of popular music (Mac)

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	*T-NBL+ Collection 2016/17 (24-decade history of popular music)	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre - Reference

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Collection of newspaper clippings of dramatic criticism, 2016/17.

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Reviews (document genre).

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Compiled by The Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.
Six reviews of A 24-Decade History of Popular Music compiled and sung by Taylor Mac. There are eight 3-hour performances which draw from 246 songs popiularized between 1776 and 2016. The first segment included songs from 1776 through 1806. Two nights later the songs were from 1806 through 1836, etc. The only 24-hour performance began at 12:25 p.m. on Oct. 8, 2016, and ended at around noon Oct. 9. The first 3-hour program opened Sept. 15, 2016, at St. Anne's Warehouse, 29 Jay Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.
The 3-hour shows were reviewed by Hilton Als in The New Yorker, David Cote in Time Out New York, and Matt Windman in am New York. The only reviews of the 24-hour performance were by Miriam Felton-Dansky in The Village Voice, David Cote in Time Out New York, and Zachary Woolfe in The New York Times. There was also an interview with Mac in The New York Times.

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*T-NBL+ Collection 2016/17 (24-decade history of popular music)

Title

A 24-decade history of popular music (Mac), 2016/17 : reviews.

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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Compiler

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Collection of newspaper clippings of dramatic criticism, 2016/17.

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*T-NBL+ Collection 2016/17 (24-decade history of popular music)