– Last night I saw the press preview of a new play, Sixteen Wounded, which I’ll be reviewing in Friday’s Wall Street Journal.
– I’ve been reading Carlos D’Este’s Patton: A Genius for War, from which I learned that George C. Scott’s portrayal of Patton in the 1970 biopic was mostly true to life, as was the film itself (except that the real Patton had a high, squeaky voice).
– Now playing on iTunes: Benny Goodman’s Six Flats Unfurnished
(which wormed its way into my ear some time in mid-afternoon and wouldn’t go away, so I finally listened to it for real in an attempt at exorcism).