TRIBUTE TO TAYLOR NEGRON: HE WILL BE MISSED

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TAYLOR NEGRON (Director) is a veteran character actor, writer, and celebrated comedian and performance artist.  He made his film debut in 1982 as a love-struck, pill-popping, dancing intern in “Young Doctors in Love,” and as the forever memorable Mr. Pizza Guy who delivers Sean Penn a pizza in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.”     He has starred in his own HBO special and made appearances on the Tonight Show.  Taylor achieved critical acclaim in 2008 for a live show he wrote and performed which debuted in the Green Room at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival, “The Unbearable Lightness of Being Taylor Negron – A Fusion of Story and Song.” Negron Directed the original New York Stage Musical production of “Who Loves You, Baby” exploring the late, self-proclaimed macho man “Telly” Savalas The production played to sold out audiences at Huron Club in the SoHo Playhouse and ran for more than 2 years Negron appeared in the multi extended/sold out theater piece “ Streeptease” -An evening of Meryl Streep Monologues performed by 8 men. Los Angeles Times wrote “Things take a surprisingly serious turn with Taylor Negron’s monologue from “Sophie’s Choice,” a quietly delicate performance that does fitting service to Streep’s mastery.  He a Painter and has studied The Art Students league and lives here in New York City. www.taylornegron.com