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January 1, 2010 by Terry Teachout

TT: Something might be gaining on you

January 1, 2010 by Terry Teachout

5251_147401342192_652497192_3196088_349711_n.jpgIf you read this blog at all regularly, I don’t need to tell you what happened to me in 2009. If not, I wrote an opera libretto and published a book, both of which were well received. I also traveled all over America reviewing plays for The Wall Street Journal, some of which were pretty damn wonderful. Best of all, I settled happily into the second year of my marriage to Mrs. T, which has been and will undoubtedly continue to be a rip-roaring success.
What next? Well, I now know what my next book is going to be, and I’ll let you know about that as soon as the ink is dry on the contract. Paul Moravec and I are talking about what our next opera will be, and I’ll let you know about that as soon as (1) we make up our minds and (2) somebody agrees to pay us to write it. And Mrs. T and I are flying down to Florida later today, about which much, much more on Monday, by which time we’ll have seen shows in Sarasota and West Palm Beach. Cool, huh?
New Year resolutions? I’ve made two: (1) Do less. (2) Sleep more. Don’t expect me to keep either one, though.
No Wall Street Journal today, so no drama column today. I’ll see you next week. Have a fabulous year!

TT: Almanac

January 1, 2010 by Terry Teachout

“Certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., “The Path of the Law”

Terry Teachout

Terry Teachout, who writes this blog, is the drama critic of The Wall Street Journal and the critic-at-large of Commentary. In addition to his Wall Street Journal drama column and his monthly essays … [Read More...]

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About “About Last Night”

This is a blog about the arts in New York City and the rest of America, written by Terry Teachout. Terry is a critic, biographer, playwright, director, librettist, recovering musician, and inveterate blogger. In addition to theater, he writes here and elsewhere about all of the other arts--books, … [Read More...]

About My Plays and Opera Libretti

Billy and Me, my second play, received its world premiere on December 8, 2017, at Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach, Fla. Satchmo at the Waldorf, my first play, closed off Broadway at the Westside Theatre on June 29, 2014, after 18 previews and 136 performances. That production was directed … [Read More...]

About My Podcast

Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I are the panelists on “Three on the Aisle,” a bimonthly podcast from New York about theater in America. … [Read More...]

About My Books

My latest book is Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington, published in 2013 by Gotham Books in the U.S. and the Robson Press in England and now available in paperback. I have also written biographies of Louis Armstrong, George Balanchine, and H.L. Mencken, as well as a volume of my collected essays called A … [Read More...]

The Long Goodbye

To read all three installments of "The Long Goodbye," a multi-part posting about the experience of watching a parent die, go here. … [Read More...]

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