Just as most of us prefer to watch a trapeze artist work without a net, we like to be absolutely sure that a virtuoso is giving us our money's worth, and a seemingly effortless performance, no matter how spectacular it may be, deprives us of that slightly sadistic thrill. Terry Teachout absolutelyartistdeprive share on social
The first play I ever saw - I was in junior high school - was a high school production of Noel Coward's 'Blithe Spirit,' which seemed to me absolutely magical. Terry Teachout absolutelyblithecoward Change image and share on social
Whether they know it or not, most American playgoers owe an incalculably great debt to translators. Were it not for their work, comparatively few of us would be able to enjoy the plays of Chekhov, Ibsen or Moliere. Terry Teachout americanchekhovcomparatively share on social
There's a playwright named S.M. Berryman, Sam Berryman, who wrote these kinds of social comedies. They are actually extremely sharp and still quite provocative. Terry Teachout berrymancomedyextremely Change image and share on social
Few of us boggle - though we should - at the fact that Louis Armstrong sang and played trumpet with similar panache, or that Leonard Bernstein and Benjamin Britten were equally adept as composers, conductors and pianists. Terry Teachout adeptarmstrongbenjamin share on social
Needless to say, anybody who can stumble through a C-major scale knows that Art Tatum always gave his audiences 10 times their money's worth. Terry Teachout artaudiencegive Change image and share on social
The digital apocalypse continues to blight the lives of television producers, music-industry executives and newspaper publishers, all of whom are scrambling to figure out how to reconfigure their business models in such a way as to allow them to make an honest buck. Terry Teachout apocalypseblightbuck share on social
I think that most of the best movies made in America in the 20th century were crime dramas, screwball comedies and westerns. Terry Teachout 20thamericacentury Change image and share on social
I suspect that most playgoers don't understand how inexact a science literary translation is. Even the simplest of lines may lend itself to multiple renderings. Terry Teachout inexactlendline Change image and share on social
What do you see when you look at a representational painting? Most of the time, the first thing I see is a flat piece of canvas covered with colored patterns. Terry Teachout canvascolorecover Change image and share on social
