Taylor Mac describes his fabulous performance piece at HERE Arts Center, The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac, as "a subversive jukebox musical." By that, he means he has imported a number of songs he's written for previous shows into this highly entertaining, charming, and audacious stream-of-conscious monologue that touches upon contemporary anxieties as filtered through his thoughts and experiences.

When he first appears, Mac wears a blonde Rastafarian style wig, red fishnets, and a skirt made out of latex gloves. His nipples are painted a bright red, and his meticulously detailed facial make-up uses a palette of red, white, and pale blue mixed with plenty of glitter. The effect is one of surreal [...]