A critic is not a creative artist, is a commenter, a midwife of creativity, but not creative himself. Terry Teachout artistcommentercreative Change image and share on social
I am, as it happens, a baby boomer, but not one who feels any broad-gauge nostalgia for the '60s and '70s. My attitude resembles that of my parents, who were born in the '20s and lived through the Great Depression and World War II. Terry Teachout 20s60s70s share on social
Nowadays, most educated people would just as soon stay home and watch 'Breaking Bad' as shell out a hundred bucks to see a Broadway play - assuming that there are any plays on Broadway worth seeing, which long ago ceased to be a safe bet. Terry Teachout agoassumebad share on social
I feel quite confident that audiences on both sides of the Atlantic are growing 'dumber,' if what you really mean to say is 'less culturally literate.' Terry Teachout atlanticaudienceconfident Change image and share on social
David Cromer, from Chicago, I think is the most gifted young director in America. Terry Teachout americachicagocromer Change image and share on social
Unlike film and TV, theater is a luxury object, but one that ordinary middle-class people can still afford. Above all, it isn't a mass medium: Live theater is a small-scale, handmade art form. Intimacy is what makes it special. Terry Teachout affordartclass share on social
Century-old records are the closest thing we have to a time machine. To listen to the voice of Theodore Roosevelt or the piano playing of Claude Debussy is to feel the years falling away like autumn leaves from a maple tree. Terry Teachout autumncenturyclaude share on social
