Musical and theatrical chameleon Taylor Mac has never been one for convention.

Still, the New York-based performance artist, who identifies as gender queer and prefers to go by the pronoun "judy," will draw from the mainstream in "The 20th Century Abridged," which hits Prospect Park in Brooklyn , New York on Aug. 1. The show is comprised of selections from Mac's dazzling, audience-participatory 24-hour performance piece, "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music ," and sees judy giving two pop songs from each decade of the 20th century a striking re-invention.