Just because: James Earl Jones in Fences

This is a blog about the arts in New York City and the rest of America, written by Terry Teachout. Terry is a critic, biographer, playwright, librettist, recovering musician, and inveterate blogger. In addition to theater, he writes here and elsewhere about all of the other arts--books, ballet, [Read More...]

Terry's first play, Satchmo at the Waldorf, currently running off Broadway at the Westside Theatre, will closeon June 29 after 18 previews and 136 performances.The production is directed by Gordon Edelstein, with John Douglas Thompson appearing in the triple role of Louis Armstrong, Joe Glaser, [Read More...]

Terry's latest book is Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington, published by Gotham Books in the U.S. and the Robson Press in England. He has also published biographies of Louis Armstrong, George Balanchine, and H.L. Mencken, as well as a volume of his collected essays called A Terry Teachout Reader and a [Read More...]

To read all three installments of "The Long Goodbye," a multi-part posting about the experience of watching a parent die, go here. [Read More...]

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Just because: James Earl Jones in Fences