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Time out

October 20, 2014 by Terry Teachout

writerJust in case you’re wondering why there wasn’t a nice long posting today containing my considered thoughts on something or other, this is One of Those Weeks. Not only do I have two Wall Street Journal columns and a Commentary essay to write, but I also had to knock out two lectures that I’ll be delivering this coming weekend at Baylor University. That’s a whole lot of writing to get done in not quite enough time. Something had to give, and it was “About Last Night.”

Fear not: I’ve already arranged for the usual daily postings, which will appear on schedule.

Just because: Glenn Gould plays a Bach concerto

October 20, 2014 by Terry Teachout

TV CAMERAGlenn Gould plays Bach’s G Minor Concerto, BWV 1058, on the CBC in 1969, accompanied by Vladimir Golschmann and the Toronto Symphony:

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

Almanac: Jean Anouilh on inspiration

October 20, 2014 by Terry Teachout

INK BOTTLE“Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration?—a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance.”

Jean Anouilh (quoted in the New York Times, Oct. 2, 1960)

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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