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TT: Perpetual motion

June 14, 2010 by Terry Teachout

osftheater.jpgThe summer has started in earnest, and Mrs. T and I depart the East Coast yet again today. This time we’ll be en route to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, I for the third time, she for the first. We’ll be seeing four shows during our week-long stay, and you’ll read about them in my Wall Street Journal drama column, where I’ll be reviewing the festival for two weeks running.
I expect we’ll find time to do some other things as well, and you’ll get to read about those in this space sooner or later. Don’t ask which, though!

TT: Not for gazillionaires only

June 14, 2010 by Terry Teachout

882048-daddy_www_large.jpgPops: A Life of Louis Armstrong has turned up on a fair number of best-of lists since it came out late last year, but the latest of these appearances is undoubtedly the one that tickles me most. J.P. Morgan Private Bank, which caters to individuals of “ultra high net worth,” distributes a summer reading list to its billionaire clients–and Pops, to my jaw-dropping astonishment, made this year’s list.
Says J.P. Morgan’s Web site:

Since its inception, the J.P. Morgan Summer Reading List has been designed to resonate with the diverse passions of our clients across the globe. As the list marks its second decade, we have once again created a collection of 10 nonfiction titles from among the 450 nominated by our offices worldwide–a selection that taps into today’s compelling issues, personalities and cultural highlights. Whether you seek insightful biographies, chronicles of companies transforming our lives, an up-close look at the financial crisis, or artful works to pique your senses, we think our recommendations will intrigue you. Enjoy.

To see the entire list, go here.
Oh, yes–I accept cash.

TT: Almanac

June 14, 2010 by Terry Teachout

“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.”
Francis Bacon, Apophthegms

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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