The Lily's Revenge
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 29, 2009
Closed Nov 22, 2009
Opened Oct 29, 2009
Closed Nov 22, 2009
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
An uprooted lily goes on a quest to wed a human bride and destroy The God of Nostalgia.
Genre squishing Taylor Mac and a company of 40+ unravel our national pastime of melancholy remembrances. The Lily's Revenge is a 5 part extravaganza featuring live music, wild costumes, vaudevillian theatrics, macabre entr'actes, a million sequins, and a few flowers.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
HERE
145 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013
The Mainstage Theatre is a flexible black box theatre with a sprung wood floor which measures 46' x 46'. It can seat up to 150 (depending on the configuration of the seating platforms), and usually seats 99. The Dorothy B. Williams Theatre is a fi [...] Read More
145 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013
The Mainstage Theatre is a flexible black box theatre with a sprung wood floor which measures 46' x 46'. It can seat up to 150 (depending on the configuration of the seating platforms), and usually seats 99. The Dorothy B. Williams Theatre is a fi [...] Read More
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Taylor Mac's The Lily's Revenge, now at HERE Arts Center, gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, "flower power." This five-hour, five-act musical extravaganza about a lily's quest to become a man defies easy categorization as it continually plays with and satirizes a range of dramatic forms.
The first act, directed by Paul Zimet, is set up proscenium-style, with Mac "planted" in the audience as Lily -- complete with flower pot. As the onstage action gets going, Lily comments from his seat until eventually being brought into the play itself, where he pulls focus away from the character who thinks he's running the show -- The Great Longing (James Tigger! Ferguson), who is also known as the [...]