2,374 stories by "Terry Teachout"
Titus Techera, who hosts a podcast for the American Cinema Foundation on which he and his guests discuss important films of the past and present, invited me back for the latest in a series o…
Various forms of the records-that-changed-my-life meme have been making the rounds lately, so I came up with my own version, which I call "The Twenty-Five Record Albums That Changed My Life.…
"Justice is a machine that, when someone has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself." John Galsworthy, Justice
Various forms of the records-that-changed-my-life meme have been making the rounds lately, so I came up with my own version, which I call "The Twenty-Five Record Albums That Changed My Life.…
The Platters perform on The Perry Como Show. This episode was originally telecast by NBC on February 18, 1956: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that app…
"Dear God, don't take Adrian away from me. This is the man I've been drawing strength from since I was eleven years old. Never a vigorous man. Not a brilliant man. Not a man whose passing wi…
Various forms of the records-that-changed-my-life meme have been making the rounds lately, so I came up with my own version, which I call "The Twenty-Five Record Albums That Changed My Life.…
"She watched his eyes. Why is it that some people display themselves in their eyes, she wondered, while others do not? Her own eyes, she well knew, usually displayed only what she wanted the…
From 2009: Harcourt sent me the first finished copy of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong last Tuesday. It was an inordinately busy week crammed full of shows and deadlines, but I talked a s…
Various forms of the records-that-changed-my-life meme have been making the rounds lately, so I came up with my own version, which I call "The Twenty-Five Record Albums That Changed My Life.…
A digitally restored version of the kinescope of the original live TV version of Rod Serling's "Requiem for a Heavyweight," broadcast by CBS on October 11, 1956, as an episode of Playhous…
"Don't ever think you've succeeded. Always try to do better"otherwise, drop dead." Arturo Toscanini (in rehearsal with La Scala's orchestra, 1946)
In today's Wall Street Journal drama column I review two off-Broadway shows, Seared and for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. Here's an excerpt. *Â Â *�…
Various forms of the records-that-changed-my-life meme have been making the rounds lately, so I came up with my own version, which I call "The Twenty-Five Record Albums That Changed My Life.…
Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson perform Webster's "Poutin'" in Hanover, Germany, in December of 1972. The bassist is Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and the drummer Tony Inzalaco: (Thi…
"Even though every individual possesses the truth, when he or she gets together in a crowd, untruth will be present at once, for the crowd is untruth." Søren Kierkegaard, undated journ…
Various forms of the records-that-changed-my-life meme have been making the rounds lately, so I came up with my own version, which I call "The Twenty-Five Record Albums That Changed My Life.…
"In the face of the lack of direct mathematical demonstration, one must be careful and thorough to make sure of the point, and one should make a perpetual attempt to demonstrate as much of t…
The fortieth 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 listen…
Various forms of the records-that-changed-my-life meme have been making the rounds lately, so I came up with my own version, which I call "The Twenty-Five Record Albums That Changed My Life.…
IBM Presents Clarence Darrow, a TV version of David W. Rintels' one-man play, starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Rich. This performance, taped at a live performance of the show, was o…
"I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth." Christopher Hampton, The Philant…
Various forms of the records-that-changed-my-life meme have been making the rounds lately, so I came up with my own version, which I call "The Twenty-Five Record Albums That Changed My Life.…
From 2009: I always remember the fate of Carrie Buck whenever I hear a judge praised for the literary artfulness of his opinions. I yield to no one in my admiration for what Walter …
"Horatio looked handsomely miserable." Charles Dickens, Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People
