Taylor Mac & Matt Ray: An Evening from the Queer Songbook

Tickets go on sale to members Friday, August 14 at 10AM, and to the public Sunday, August 16 at 10AM.

• Taylor Mac — voice
• Matt Ray — piano

MacArthur Award-winning icon Taylor Mac reunites with Obie Award-winning composer Matt Ray for an electrifying evening of song celebrating queer history and futures.

The longtime collaborators are best known for A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, their acclaimed 24-hour journey through American music and the subject of an HBO documentary. At Hudson Hall, they mark the release of their new illustrated songbook, Bark of Millions, with a performance showcasing their creative partnership. Provocative and disarming, this duet evening is an open call to community and celebration. In Mac’s own words, if you’re not invited to the party, throw a better one!

The Bark of Millions will be published by Black Dog & Leventhal in Fall 2026 and is available for pre-order through Hudson Hall or for purchase at the event.

• Lyrics by Taylor Mac
• Music by Matt Ray
• Creative & Executive Producers: Linda Brumbach & Alisa E. Regas
• Co-Produced by Pomegranate Arts and Nature’s Darlings
• Underwriting support generously provided by PoketheBear

About Taylor Mac
Theatre artist St. Taylor Mac is a MacArthur “genius”, a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, a Tony nominee for Best Play, and the recipient of the International Ibsen Award, the Kennedy Prize, the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a Guggenheim, a Drama League Award, a NY Drama Critics Circle Award, two Obies, two Bessies, and has the great honor of being bestowed Sainthood by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

About Matt Ray
Matt Ray is an Obie Award winning theater-maker, composer, pianist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and music director. His arrangements have been called “wizardly” (Time Out NY) and “ingenious” (NY Times), and his piano playing referred to as “classic, well-oiled swing” (NY Times) and “to cry for” (Ebony). For his work on Taylor Mac’s show A 24-Decade History of Popular Music he and Mac shared the 2017 Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired By American History. He and Mac’s jazz-based theater piece The Hang opened to rave reviews in January of 2022, and won Matt a 2023 Obie Award for Music Direction and Composition. The show also received 4 Drama Desk and 2 Drama League nominations including a Drama Desk nomination for Matt Ray for Best Music.

Tickets:
- Table Seats: $85 (plus $5 fee)
- Theater Seats start at $35 (plus $5 fee)

Hudson Hall’s programs are made possible with support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.