Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
John Douglas Thompson and I will be talking about American Conservatory Theater’s production of Satchmo at the Waldorf (which opens tonight) on KQED’s Forum. The program will be broadcast live at ten a.m. today.
If you live in the San Francisco area, you can listen to Forum via terrestrial radio by tuning to 88.5 on your FM dial. Alternatively, go here to listen on your computer via streaming audio.
You can also download Forum later in the day by going here.
Sid Caesar, Nanette Fabray, Howard Morris, and Carl Reiner perform “Gallipacci,” a parody of I Pagliacci, on Caesar’s Hour, originally telecast by NBC on October 10, 1955:
(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.)
“Unless one is already smitten with the author, one reads diaries, journals and collections of letters in search of small dazzlements or points of irritation.”
Patrick Kurp, “‘I Would Rattle His Pedestal’” (Anecdotal Evidence, November 25, 2015)