As depicted in “Satchmo at the Waldorf,” Louis Armstrong seems to suffer from multiple-personality disorder: Not only does John Douglas Thompson play the legendary jazz great, but he also ...

Written by the late Terry Teachout, Satchmo at the Waldorf pulls back the curtain on the public persona of one of America's greatest musical icons to reveal the man behind the trumpet—raw ...

He cleans but never plays his trumpet and sings only a few bars in “Satchmo at the Waldorf,” the one-man Louis Armstrong play that opened Wednesday, Jan. 20, at the American Conservatory ...

One-man show "Satchmo at the Waldorf" stars John Douglas Thomas as jazz great Louis Armstrong, reflecting on his career months before he died in 1971.

Satchmo himself said it best, "Life was there for me, and I accepted it. ... You can catch Satchmo at the Waldorf part of American Stage's Virtual Stage only through February 28th.

About Satchmo at the Waldorf In March of 1971, one of the greatest music legends the world would ever know was performing the final set of shows he would ever play at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Terry Teachout's single-character bio-play examines jazz legend Louis Armstrong in his final days, recalling triumphs and regrets. By Jordan Riefe Satchmo at the Waldorf Production Still - H 2015 ...

From the tone-setting opening line — Louis Armstrong confesses that he’d soiled himself — it’s clear “Satchmo at the Waldorf” won’t be a sweet little lace-trimmed valentine to the ...

There’s no doubt that Terry Teachout — the distinguished critic and biographer who wrote the new one-man play Satchmo at the Waldorf — intended to show the great trumpeter, singer, and ...

“Satchmo at the Waldorf,” Terry Teachout’s fascinating one-man (three-character) fantasia about Louis Armstrong — now in its Midwest premiere at Court Theatre, where Barry Shabaka Henley ...

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