Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
One last reminder: John Douglas Thompson and I are speaking at the Drama Book Shop tonight. We’ll be discussing, taking questions about, and signing copies of the published version of Satchmo at the Waldorf, my one-man-three-character play about the life of Louis Armstrong, in which John has starred to spectacular effect off Broadway and from coast to coast.
The Drama Book Shop is at 250 W. 40th St. in New York. The event starts at five p.m. sharp. For more information, go here.
Paul Draper improvises a jazz dance on Rainbow Quest, a TV series hosted by Pete Seeger. This episode was taped in 1965:
(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
“On one plane, the very great writers and the popular romancers of the lower order always meet. They use all of themselves, helplessly, unselectively. They are above the primness and good taste of declining to give themselves away.”
V.S. Pritchett, “Rider Haggard: Still Riding”