Anna Deavere Smith's new one-woman show bills itself as being about health care, but the truth is that 'Let Me Down Easy' is mostly about the grimmer subject of death and dying. Terry Teachout annabillcare Change image and share on social
I became a professional musician and played all kinds of music. I played bluegrass, I played classical music, and for many years, I played jazz. Terry Teachout bluegrassclassicaljazz Change image and share on social
Useful though they are, the vast majority of dictionaries and encyclopedias are poker-faced pieces of work that stick to the facts and present them as soberly - and unstylishly - as possible. Terry Teachout dictionaryencyclopediaface Change image and share on social
All of the most popular music of the '30s and '40s were deeply informed by jazz. Terry Teachout 30s40sdeeply Change image and 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
Copland was one of the first American composers to forge a truly modern style of American classical music while also making use of American popular music - including jazz. Terry Teachout americanclassicalcomposer 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
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
