Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
Bill Evans plays Thelonious Monk’s “Round Midnight,” accompanied by Eddie Gomez on bass and Marty Morrell on drums. This performance was taped for telecast in Sweden in 1970:
(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
“I depart from life as from an inn, and not as from my home.” ( Ex vita discedo, tanquam ex hospitio, non tanquam ex domo.)
Cicero, “De Senectute” (On Old Age)
Here’s my list of recommended Broadway, off-Broadway, and out-of-town shows, updated weekly. In all cases, I gave these shows favorable reviews (if sometimes qualifiedly so) in The Wall Street Journal when they opened. For more information, click on the title.
BROADWAY:
• The Band’s Visit (musical, PG-13, all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Dear Evan Hansen (musical, PG-13, all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Hamilton (musical, PG-13, Broadway transfer of off-Broadway production, all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)
• My Fair Lady (musical, G, nearly all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)
OFF BROADWAY:
• Be More Chill (musical, PG-13, extended through Sept. 30, reviewed here)
IN EAST HADDAM, CONN.:
• Oliver! (musical, PG-13, closes Sept. 13, reviewed here)
CLOSING SOON OFF BROADWAY:
• On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (musical, G, too complex for children, closes Sept. 6, reviewed here)
• Symphonie Fantastique (abstract underwater puppet show, G, closes Sept. 2, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK OFF BROADWAY:
• Pushkin: A Life Played Out (drama, PG-13, closes Aug. 25, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN STOCKBRIDGE, MASS.:
• The Petrified Forest (drama, PG-13, closes Aug. 25, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN GARRISON, N.Y.:
• Richard II (Shakespeare, PG-13, closes Aug. 26, reviewed here)
• The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare, PG-13, closes Aug. 24, reviewed here)
CLOSING SUNDAY OFF BROADWAY:
• Carmen Jones (musical, PG-13, reviewed here)
• Mary Page Marlowe (drama, PG-13, reviewed here)
• Twelfth Night (Shakespeare, G, reviewed here)
“Every one can master a grief but he that has it.”
William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
Walt Disney appears as the mystery guest on What’s My Line? John Daly is the host and the panelists are Bennett Cerf, Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Jerry Lewis. This episode was originally telecast live by CBS on November 11, 1956:
(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
“Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.”
Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings
From 2008:
One of the advantages of writing a book on a word processor is that you can search the manuscript for repeated words and phrases. This can be, to say the least, a chastening experience. Like all prolific authors, I have my mannerisms…
Read the whole thing here.
“‘The trouble with fiction,’ said John Rivers, ‘is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.’”
Aldous Huxley, “John Rivers” (in The Genius and the Goddess)