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Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City

David Cromer can’t quit Chicago

June 27, 2019 by Terry Teachout

The thirty-fourth episode of Three on the Aisle, the twice-monthly podcast in which Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I talk about theater in America, is now available on line for listening or downloading.

Here’s an excerpt from American Theatre’s “official” summary of the proceedings: 

In this episode, Terry is out but Elisabeth and Peter are not alone: They are joined by Tony-winning director (and sometime actor) David Cromer. They chat with him about working alongside Elaine May in The Waverly Gallery, how he straddles the director-performer divide, and the concepts that informed some of his most famous productions, from Our Town to The Band’s Visit.

The critics also talk about the best performances they’ve seen lately…

As mentioned above, I had to skip this episode, and the circumstances that led to my absence were—shall we say—exciting. I was with Mrs. T, who was being treated for sepsis at UConn Health Center. The plan was for me to uplink via Skype from the hospital in Connecticut to the studio in New York, but just as the soundcheck was finished and the red light went on, a nurse interrupted the taping to inform me that I was needed on the double to hold Mrs. T’s hand as she underwent a painful surgical procedure. (She wasn’t kidding, either—you can still see the scars from her nails on my left hand!) Unfortunately, David couldn’t wait—he was on break from a rehearsal across town—so the taping had to start without me, and by the time the doctors were finished with Mrs. T, the episode was in the can. I’ll be back next time, though.

To listen to or download this episode, read more about it, or subscribe to Three on the Aisle, go here.

In case you’ve missed any previous episodes, you’ll find them all here.

(We are, by the way, aware that the audio on this episode is somewhat below par. Our apologies for the technical problems—the board, like Mrs. T, blew a last-minute gasket. We promise to get it fixed before the next episode is taped!)

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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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