Tag Archive for Louis Armstrong

(Play Review) ‘Satchmo at the Waldorf’ at Shakespeare & Company

Shakespeare & Company Satchmo at the Waldorf Written by Terry Teachout Starring John Douglas Thompson Directed by Gordon Edelstein Review by Seth Rogovoy (LENOX, Mass., August 17, 2012) – There is nary a wrong nor a false note played in Terry Teachout’s Satchmo at the Waldorf, starring John Douglas Thompson as Louis Armstrong, directed by…

New England Premiere of Terry Teachout’s ‘Satchmo…’ Arrives at Shakespeare & Co.

(LENOX, Mass.) – Satchmo at the Waldorf, a new one-man play starring OBIE Award-winner John Douglas Thompson and written by critically acclaimed author, jazz critic, and Louis Armstrong biographer Terry Teachout, receives its New England premiere beginning this week at Shakespeare & Company in a production directed by Gordon Edelstein, the award-winning artistic director of…

Jazz and Blues Great Catherine Russell to Perform at MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.)  – It was totally appropriate that Catherine Russell, who performs at MASS MoCA on Saturday, February 18, at 8 pm in the Hunter Center, released her brand-new album, Strictly Romancin’ (World Village), this past Tuesday – February 14 aka Valentine’s Day – as it’s an album full of romance and heartbreak. But…