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The latest on Satchmo at the Waldorf (cont’d)

April 2, 2014 by Terry Teachout

BkJaPWjCQAAA82H.jpg• Dana Tyler of WCBS talked to John Douglas Thompson and me about Satchmo at the Waldorf yesterday morning. The interview (which was great fun) will air this Sunday at eight a.m. on CBS 2 News Sunday.
• This week’s New York Times “In Performance” video features a scene from Satchmo in which John switches from Louis Armstrong to Joe Glaser and back again–a superbly vivid demonstration of his virtuosity, which continues to astonish me each time I see the show.
You can view the video by going here.
• Finally, Satchmo has been nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award, presented by the Off-Broadway League, in the “Outstanding Solo Show” category. My heartfelt congratulations to John, Gordon Edelstein, and all of our indispensable colleagues. (“I hope you sleep O.K. with this,” a friend wrote. I didn’t!)
To read the Hollywood Reporter‘s story about this year’s Lortel nominations, go here. The winners will be announced on May 4. Alas, I already have plans to see a show in Connecticut, but I’ll be there in spirit.

CONSTANT LAMBERT: A POLYMATH’S PRODIGAL GIFTS FORGOTTEN

April 2, 2014 by Terry Teachout

“He was a powerfully individual composer, an amazingly talented conductor and one of the most quotable critics ever to put pen to paper. So why haven’t you heard of him?…”

Snapshot: Jean-Pierre Rampal plays Debussy

April 2, 2014 by Terry Teachout

Jean-Pierre Rampal plays Debussy’s “Syrinx” on TV in 1957:

(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday and Wednesday.)

Almanac: Lord Harewood on happiness

April 2, 2014 by Terry Teachout

“When I started to see the analyst, I had a powerful feeling of guilt about my whole situation, and could not believe it was right to eliminate this feeling. My talks with him put it into perspective, until I was nearer to accepting it. ‘In this life you pay for everything, for every happiness,’ he said.”
The Tongs and the Bones: The Memoirs of Lord Harewood

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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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