2,374 stories by "Terry Teachout"
In today's Wall Street Journal I review the Massachusetts opening of Bedlam's new revival of The Crucible. Here's an excerpt. *Â Â *Â Â * Sixty-six years ago, everyone who saw "The C…
Leopold Stokowski conducts a studio orchestra in his arrangements of Bach's Chorale-Prelude "Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott," BWV 720, and the G Minor "Little" Fugue, BWV 578, in The B…
"Faith in any sort of natural justice was nothing but a night-light; she knew that. Whatever she did, she would end the same way everyone does: flat on her back with a tube in her nose, wond…
"She liked sex very much, but years ago she had learned something about men; most of them are terrified of entailing a burden." Thomas Harris, Red Dragon
Harry Nilsson sings a solo version of his song "1941." This performance is an excerpt from The World of Nilsson, originally telecast by the BBC on January 1, 1972: (This is the latest in …
"Just as there is nothing more boring than boredom, nothing more exciting than excitement, nothing more lovable than love or hateful than hatred, so is there nothing that arouses interest so…
From 2004: None of my closest friends in Manhattan knew me when: we didn't meet until after I'd figured out who I was and what I wanted to become. On the other hand, the friends of our youth…
"It seemed to Graham that he had learned nothing in forty years: he had just gotten tired." Thomas Harris, Red Dragon
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Ravel's "Le Gibet" (from Gaspard de la nuit) on TV in 1975: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this spa…
"I'd been having a little too much talk with people whose business was talking. It was good to sit at the counter of a working-class restaurant where men spoke when they wanted something, or…
The thirty-seventh episode of Three on the Aisle, the (usually) twice-monthly podcast in which Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I talk about theater in America, is now available on…
In today's Wall Street Journal I review a Baltimore revival of David Auburn's Proof. Here's an excerpt. *Â Â *Â Â * David Auburn is having an excellent year. His new stage adaptation…
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Jeni LeGon, and Fats Waller perform "I'm Livin' in a Great Big Way," by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh, in Hooray for Love, directed by Walter Lang and release…
"I went inside the club, where the late afternoon crowd were enjoying themselves, if gamblers can be said to enjoy themselves. They wheedled cards or dice like sinners praying to heaven for …
"I'd given up offering advice. Even when people asked for it, they resented getting it." Ross Macdonald, The Galton Case
' A few weeks after 9/11, I wrote an essay about where I was and what I did that day: "Get up, son," my mother said, tapping softly on the door of the bedroom of my childhood home in Missour…
Because music is my first language, it stands to reason that for me, the memory of 9/11 should be inextricably caught up with the sound of music. I attended and wrote about many memorial con…
"A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks th' Lord wud do if He knew th' facts iv th' case." Finley Peter Dunne, Mr. Dooley's Philosophy
From 2009: Patrick Kurp of Anecdotal Evidence and D.G. Myers of A Commonplace Blog are jointly conducting a serial symposium called "The Function of Book Blogging at the Present Time" …
"Going through life with a conscience is like driving your car with the brakes on." Budd Schulberg, What Makes Sammy Run?
Fats Domino sings and plays "Valley of Tears," "It's You I Love," and "I'm Walkin'" on The Perry Como Show. He is introduced and interviewed by Como prior to the performances. This episod…
"A story really isn't any good unless it successfully resists paraphrase." Flannery O'Connor, "On Her Own Work"
In today's Wall Street Journal I review the Broadway transfer of Jamie Lloyd's revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, starring Tom Hiddleston. Here's an excerpt. *Â Â *Â Â * "Betrayal"…
"Interior N.Y. Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street," a rare silent film shot in 1905 and originally released by the American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.: (This is the latest in a series of a…
"I have no relish for the country; it is a kind of healthy grave." Sydney Smith, letter to Georgiana Harcourt (1838)
