Terry Teachout

he/him/his

Drama Critic
The Wall Street Journal
Participates in 1 Session
Terry Teachout is the drama critic of The Wall Street Journal, the critic-at-large of Commentary, and the author of Sightings, a biweekly column for the Journal about the arts in America. He also writes about the arts for National Review and other magazines, as well as on his blog, About Last Night (www.terryteachout.com), and is a panelist (with Peter Marks and Elisabeth Vincentelli) on Three on the Aisle, a bimonthly podcast hosted by American Theatre magazine. Satchmo at the Waldorf, his first play, was premiered in 2011 in Orlando, Florida, and has since been produced off-Broadway and in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and other cities throughout America. He directed Satchmo at Palm Beach Dramaworks in 2016 and at Houston’s Alley Theatre in 2018. Billy and Me, his second play, was premiered by Palm Beach Dramaworks in 2017.


Teachout’s most recent book is Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington. His previous books include Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong, All in the Dances: A Brief Life of George Balanchine, and The Skeptic: A Life of H.L. Mencken. He has also written the libretti for three operas by Paul Moravec, The Letter (premiered by the Santa Fe Opera in 2009), Danse Russe (premiered by Philadelphia’s Center City Opera Theater in 2011), and The King’s Man (premiered by Kentucky Opera in 2013). He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2012 to support the writing of Duke and was a MacDowell Colony Fellow that same year. A graduate of William Jewell College, Teachout played jazz bass professionally in Kansas City before becoming a full-time writer. He served on the National Council on the Arts from 2004 to 2010. He lives with his wife Hilary in New York City and Connecticut.

Sessions in which Terry Teachout participates

Saturday 25 January, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
1:00 PM
1:00 PM