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Reason to believe

March 30, 2020 by Terry Teachout

If you haven’t seen my Facebook posting about Mrs. T, here it is:

Dear Friends: I can’t believe I’m posting this message, but…after looking at this morning’s stats, Mrs. T’s doctors now believe there is still some chance that she will start to respond to the new antibiotics, and they want to give the drugs more time to work. I was able to communicate this to Hilary, and she responded unambiguously by blinking: she’s not ready to give up. We both understand that the odds are against her, but we’re prepared to keep on fighting. I will continue to keep you posted.

And so I shall. Here’s hoping….

UPDATE: As of Tuesday morning, Mrs. T remains in critical condition but is holding fairly steady: there are no unambiguous signs either of improvement or decline. The doctors expect to have a clearer sense of things tonight. Again, I will keep you posted.

Just because: Ton Koopman plays Bach

March 30, 2020 by Terry Teachout

Ton Koopman plays Bach’s Chorale Prelude ”Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele,” BWV 654: 

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

Almanac: E.M. Forster on courage

March 30, 2020 by Terry Teachout

“Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.”

E.M. Forster, “The Poetry of C.P. Cavafy”

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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