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Turn your radio on (cont’d)

January 20, 2016 by Terry Teachout

65bcdac6bfebbdf05528297a38f4fcc2John Douglas Thompson and I will be talking about American Conservatory Theater’s production of Satchmo at the Waldorf (which opens tonight) on KQED’s Forum. The program will be broadcast live at ten a.m. today.

If you live in the San Francisco area, you can listen to Forum via terrestrial radio by tuning to 88.5 on your FM dial. Alternatively, go here to listen on your computer via streaming audio.

You can also download Forum later in the day by going here.

Snapshot: Sid Caesar in “Gallipacci”

January 20, 2016 by Terry Teachout

TV CAMERASid Caesar, Nanette Fabray, Howard Morris, and Carl Reiner perform “Gallipacci,” a parody of I Pagliacci, on Caesar’s Hour, originally telecast by NBC on October 10, 1955:

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

Almanac: Patrick Kurp on what to expect from published diaries

January 20, 2016 by Terry Teachout

INK BOTTLE“Unless one is already smitten with the author, one reads diaries, journals and collections of letters in search of small dazzlements or points of irritation.”

Patrick Kurp, “‘I Would Rattle His Pedestal’” (Anecdotal Evidence, November 25, 2015)

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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