Terry Teachout
Terry Teachout
Terry Teachoutis an American critic, biographer, librettist, author, playwright, and blogger. He is the drama critic of The Wall Street Journal, the critic-at-large of Commentary, and the author of "Sightings," a column about the arts in America that appears biweekly in the Friday Wall Street Journal. He blogs at About Last Night and has written about the arts for many other magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times and National Review...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth6 February 1956
CountryUnited States of America
A critic is not a creative artist, is a commenter, a midwife of creativity, but not creative himself.
All of the most popular music of the '30s and '40s were deeply informed by jazz.
Charles Ives was writing radically innovative music, but nobody performed it, and nobody knew about it.
Copland was the first important American classical composer to go to work for Hollywood.
David Cromer, from Chicago, I think is the most gifted young director in America.
Fred Astaire never let you see him sweat, but he sweetened his deceptively casual virtuosity with just enough charm to make it irresistible.
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.
I can remember - barely - when Elton John was still a good songwriter, or at least capable of writing good songs.
I loved music from earliest childhood - from as long as I can remember.
I've always loved opera; it never occurred to me that I would write a proper libretto.
If I ever see another Shakespeare production where somebody drives a Jeep on stage, I'm going to run screaming up the aisle.