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TT: Feast your eyes

June 28, 2012 by Terry Teachout

JDT%20AMERICAN%20THEATRE%20COVER.jpgJust because I’m up at the MacDowell Colony to work on my Duke Ellington book doesn’t mean that I’m not thinking about Satchmo at the Waldorf. On Tuesday I e-mailed the final pre-rehearsal version of the script to John Douglas Thompson, Gordon Edelstein, and my other collaborators. This is the version that John will present as a one-night-only staged reading at the Vineyard Playhouse on July 9. Alas, I can’t be there, but I’m excited anyway.
I’m also extremely pleased to report that John is on the cover of the July/August issue of American Theatre. The accompanying article, by Rob Weinert-Kendt, is as good as it could possibly be. Would that Rob’s piece were available on line, but at least you can gaze at the cover photo, which shows John in costume as Louis Armstrong. Wow, huh?
In case it’s slipped your mind, we open at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, on August 22, and at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, on October 10 (with previews starting on October 3). See you there, I hope.

TT: So you want to see a show?

June 28, 2012 by Terry Teachout

Here’s my list of recommended Broadway, off-Broadway, and out-of-town shows, updated weekly. In all cases, I gave these shows favorable reviews (if sometimes qualifiedly so) in The Wall Street Journal when they opened. For more information, click on the title.


BROADWAY:

• Anything Goes (musical, G/PG-13, mildly adult subject matter that will be unintelligible to children, closes Aug. 5, reviewed here)

• The Best Man (drama, PG-13, closes Sept. 9, most performances sold out last week, reviewed here)

• Evita (musical, PG-13, most performances sold out last week, reviewed here)

• Once (musical, G/PG-13, all performances sold out last week, reviewed here)

OFF BROADWAY:

• Avenue Q (musical, R, adult subject matter and one show-stopping scene of puppet-on-puppet sex, reviewed here)

• The Fantasticks (musical, G, suitable for children capable of enjoying a love story, reviewed here)

• Tribes (drama, PG-13, closes Sept. 2, reviewed here)

CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN CHICAGO:

• Floyd Collins (musical, G, very problematic for children, closes July 15, reviewed here)

CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN PASADENA, CALIF.:

• Jitney (drama, PG-13, transfer of South Coast Repertory revival, closes July 15, original run reviewed here)

CLOSING SUNDAY ON BROADWAY:

• The Columnist (drama, PG-13/R, most performances sold out last week, reviewed here)

CLOSING SUNDAY OFF BROADWAY:

• 4000 Miles (drama, PG-13, reviewed here)

• Man and Superman (serious comedy, G, far too long and complex for children of any age, reviewed here)

• Storefront Church (drama, PG-13, reviewed here)

TT: Almanac

June 28, 2012 by Terry Teachout

“If it is abuse, why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another.”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Critic

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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