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Moving the finish line

January 26, 2016 by Terry Teachout

finish-lineChicago’s Court Theatre announced yesterday that its critically acclaimed production of Satchmo at the Waldorf, my first play, will extend its run through February 14 “due to overwhelming demand.”

Just in case you’re wondering, I’m delighted. Astonished. Flabbergasted. Discombobulated. All these things—and many, many more.

To order tickets or for more information about the play and production, go here.

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Barry Shabaka Henley, the star of the Court Theatre’s production of Satchmo at the Waldorf, appears in two excerpts from the show.

As Louis Armstrong:

As Joe Glaser, Armstrong’s manager:

Lookback: the performances I’ll remember longest

January 26, 2016 by Terry Teachout

LOOKBACKFrom 2006:

The age of mechanical reproduction, alas, has sharply diminished the value of the eyewitness account: I saw Count Basie in concert a half-dozen times when I lived in Kansas City, for instance, but I also saw him on film and TV so many times that it’s hard for me to distinguish between my first- and second-hand memories. Still, I’ve seen plenty of amazing things at which no cameramen were present….

Read the whole thing here.

Almanac: Georges Clemenceau on men of action

January 26, 2016 by Terry Teachout

INK BOTTLE“A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he’s not a man of action. It is as if a tennis player before returning a ball stopped to think about his views of the physical and mental advantages of tennis. You must act as you breathe.”

Georges Clemenceau, Clemenceau, The Events of His Life as Told by Himself to His Former Secretary, Jean Martet (trans. Milton Waldman)

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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