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The continuing adventures of Satchmo at the Waldorf

August 28, 2018 by Terry Teachout

I am, needless to say, greatly preoccupied these days with Mrs. T’s health, for the moment to the exclusion of pretty much everything else. Nevertheless, life goes on, and so does Satchmo at the Waldorf, my first play, which has now reached the stage in the life of a successful show when it starts to be scheduled for production without my knowledge by theater companies of which I know nothing. Satchmo is, in other words, all grown up, and it pleases me to watch from a distance as it goes its merry way.

I only just found out in recent weeks about two upcoming 2018-19 productions of Satchmo. The first one is by New Orleans’ Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré, which has been performing in its present theater, located in the city’s French Quarter, since 1922, This production, directed by Maxwell Williams, Le Petit Théâtre’s artistic director, opens on October 5 and runs through October 21. For more information, go here.

The second production, by Actors’ Warehouse of Gainesville, Florida, opens next June 21 and run through July 7. For more information, go here.

To everyone at Le Petit Théâtre and Actors’ Warehouse: I hope all goes well with your stagings of Satchmo. Drop me a line sometime and let me know how you’re doing!

Lookback: on unwanted solitude

August 28, 2018 by Terry Teachout

LOOKBACKFrom 2005:

I don’t spend too many evenings by myself: I’m in the company of friends far more often than not, watching performances or just hanging out. Sometimes I find myself hungering for solitude, and there are occasions when I’m almost painfully grateful to spend a night with my prints, my CDs, my iBook, and my trusty TV, watching What’s My Line?, keeping my own counsel, and staying up as late as I like. I’ve recently discovered, much to my surprise, that I even like vacationing alone. At the same time, I’m no hermit, and like most singletons, I find there are other times when being alone is no fun at all. One is when you finish watching a really good movie and, instead of chatting about it over a drink with a friend, retire to an empty hotel room in a city far from home….

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Almanac: Francis Bacon on solitude

August 28, 2018 by Terry Teachout

INK BOTTLE“Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.”

Francis Bacon, “On Friendship”

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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