{"id":23734,"date":"2020-12-14T17:34:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T22:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=23734"},"modified":"2020-12-15T11:21:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:21:37","slug":"holiday-sauce-pandemic-showcases-the-importance-of-family-in-uncertain-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/holiday-sauce-pandemic-showcases-the-importance-of-family-in-uncertain-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Sauce&#8230;Pandemic! Showcases The Importance Of Family In Uncertain Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a year where most live performances have been canceled or rescheduled, performers have been forced to think of creative ways to give viewers what they want.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gender-bending performer Taylor Mac, who uses \u2018judy\u2019 as a pronoun, is one of those artists. Mac brought the 2020 world premiere of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holiday Sauce&#8230;Pandemic!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to virtual screens on Dec. 12 through Zoom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The show was free the first night, but it&#8217;s still available on-demand on a pay-what-you-can basis\u2014a $10 minimum\u2014through Jan. 2 on the Live Arts Miami <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/liveartsmiami.org\/events\/taylor-mac-holiday-sauce-pandemic\/\">website<\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presented by Live Arts Miami and pre-recorded at New York\u2019s Park Avenue Armor, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holiday Sauce&#8230;Pandemic!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a virtual vaudelle that blends music, film, burlesque, and random acts of fabulousness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe show signifies chosen family and how in the queer community it is so important and impacts them during the holidays,\u201d said Live Arts Miami Executive Director Kathryn Garcia. \u201c[But] this year it takes on a wider meaning due to so many families being apart during the holidays. It\u2019s about the people that bring meaning to our lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Holiday Sauce&#8230;Pandemic!<\/i> is dedicated to Mac\u2019s drag mother, Mother Flawless Sabrina, who passed away three weeks before the show was launched for the first time at Town Hall in New York on Dec. 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, the show has toured every year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a tribute to Mother Flawless Sabrina, 17 cities across the U.S. have honored a gay elder. For this year\u2019s show, Live Arts Miami chose longtime HIV\/AIDS and LGBTQ youth support activist Luigi Ferrer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holiday Sauce&#8230;Pandemic! <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the queer cheer we all need in times like these and I am incredibly honored to be a part of it,\u201d Ferrer said. \u201cArt in any form enriches us and this show is a valuable art on it\u2019s own but it is also an expression of the fun whimsical aspect to the LGBTQ community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s virtual show features Mac\u2019s longtime artistic collaborators: designer Machine Dazzler, music director Matt Ray, and producers Pomegranate Arts. There is a Sexual Consent Santa; Machine Dazzle as a glittering, grumbling Christmas Tree; and subversive renditions of traditional Christmas songs and original Mac songs off <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3gRReJ9APXazUEO7lBhnt6?si=0xI35GJwTaC4V3Ct65NDTA\"><i>Holiday Sauce<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, judy&#8217;s recent album that was released on Nov.13.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt was vibrant, full of life, art, magic, and color. The show cheered me up for the holidays, even if that feeling is weird to experience in times like this,\u201d said elementary education major Tomy Castillo. \u201cThe show really helped get the audience through these tough times with laughs, pure enjoyment, and a sense of hope.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proceeds from the show will go toward the MDC Pride Scholarship for LGBTQ students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt feels amazing being able to celebrate and lift the LGBTQ community in Miami,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cIt is a wonderful project that is very inclusive to people that stray from the norm in our society.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a year where most live performances have been canceled or rescheduled, performers have been forced to think of creative ways to give viewers what they want. 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