2,374 stories by "Terry Teachout"
Jimmy Rushing sings, plays piano, and talks about his career on an episode of Jazz Casual, originally telecast by KQED-TV on October 26, 1962. The host is Ralph J. Gleason: (This is the late…
"You will be old-fashioned one day. It's more shocking than getting old." Enid Bagnold, The Chalk Garden
From 2006: It is at times like these that I bless the name of Thomas Edison, and recall Shakespeare's words: Death makes no conquest of this conqueror,/For now he lives in fame though not in…
"I shall continue to explore the astonishment of living." Enid Bagnold, The Chalk Garden
Sir Thomas Beecham leads the Chicago Symphony in a 1959 TV performance of Love in Bath, his own ballet suite drawn from the music of Handel and arranged by Beecham: (This is the latest in a …
"One can lie" But truth is more interesting." Enid Bagnold, The Chalk Garden
In the online edition of today's Wall Street Journal, I review a new off-Broadway musical, the stage version of The Band's Visit. Here's an excerpt. * * * As delightful as well-done big-budg…
Edward R. Murrow interviews Marlon Brando on Person to Person. This episode was originally telecast by CBS on April 1, 1955: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appea…
FRED Plays, novels, songs"they all have a "subtext," which I take to mean a hidden message or import of some kind. So subtext we know. But what do you call the message or meaning that’…
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 Stre…
"First cameras turn against you, then mirrors." Whit Stillman (posted on Twitter, October 12, 2016)
Son House introduces and sings "Death Letter Blues" in 1968: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
"Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment whe…
As a result of the recent redesign of The Wall Street Journal, my drama reviews will now appear throughout the week rather than on Fridays only. In today's paper I cover the Broadway transfe…
From 2003: I'm glad to be a self-made man, and I also find it surprisingly useful to have been born into a small-town family. For one thing, the experience of growing up in southeast Missour…
"Beauty frightens and offends the nihilist. It's a reproach to his sense of unbounded self-importance. Beauty cannot be ignored, so it must be vandalized." Patrick Kurp, "'Our Lives Are Judg…
Sid Caesar is interviewed by Edward R. Murrow on Person to Person. This episode was originally telecast by CBS on October 1, 1954: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that…
"No one wants advice, only corroboration." John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
In today's Wall Street Journal I review the new musical version of A Bronx Tale. Here's an excerpt. * * * When should a movie be turned into a Broadway musical? "Never" is a big word, but th…
Broadway by Light, a 1958 documentary film by William Klein. The musical score is by Maurice Le Roux: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Mo…
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals"and you know it." Ed Solomon, screenplay for Men in Black
In today's Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column I write about the immersive-art trend. Here's an excerpt. * * * Not counting "Hamilton," Broadway's hottest musical is "Natasha, Pierre and …
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 Stre…
"Taste has no system and no proofs." Susan Sontag, "Notes on Camp"
George Shearing and Neal Swainson perform Henry Mancini's "Dreamsville" at the Munich Philharmonie in 1992: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space e…
