Terry Teachout

Terry Teachout
Terry Teachout, New York City, March 4, 2014
Teachout in 2014
BornTerrance Alan Teachout
(1956-02-06)February 6, 1956
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.
DiedJanuary 13, 2022(2022-01-13) (aged 65)
Smithtown, New York, U.S.
Occupation
  • Writer
  • director
  • podcaster
EducationWilliam Jewell College (BA)
Genre
  • Criticism
  • biography
Subject
  • Theatre
  • music
Years active1979–2022
SpousesLiz Cullers (divorced)
Hilary Dyson
(m. 2007; died 2020)

Terrance Alan Teachout (February 6, 1956 – January 13, 2022) was an American author, critic, biographer, playwright, stage director, and librettist.[1][2][3]

He was 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 the U.S. that was published biweekly in The Wall Street Journal. He weblogged at About Last Night and wrote about the arts for many other magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times and National Review. He was a co-host on Three on the Aisle, a monthly podcast about theater in the United States, hosted by American Theatre magazine, which ran from September 2017 to December 2021.

  1. ^ Stetson, Nancy (January 7, 2009). "America's drama critic: Terry Teachout". Fort Myers Florida Weekly. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013.
  2. ^ Kakutani, Michiko (November 23, 2009). "The Voice That Helped Remake Culture, From Terry Teachout". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Gates, Anita (October 12, 2012). "A Discussion With Terry Teachout, the Writer of 'Satchmo at the Waldorf'". The New York Times.

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