Hello Friends:
I saw a really great one-man, off-broadway show about trumpeter Louis Armstrong: "Satchmo at the Waldorf." It was marvelous! A rare, spectacular piece of writing, revelatory, riveting about a beloved jazz musician and his great yet contradictory life. See NYTimes review below and ticket information below this review. It is on for one

more week only in NYC till March 29. Please go and see/support this grand effort and send this to your friends as a strong recommendation!

Theatre & Ticket Info:

Satchmo at The Waldorf
WESTSIDE THEATRE (UPSTAIRS), 407 West 43rd Street

(bet. 9th and 10th Ave--closer to 9th), NYC
One Week Left! Through Sat., Mar. 29th

It’s March 1971 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and Louis Armstrong has just played one of the final performances of his extraordinary career. Unwinding backstage, he recounts events that transformed him into the world-famous “Satchmo.” With no-nonsense manager Joe Glaser at his side, Armstrong kept steady through an era of enormous social change… but at what cost?

This is Satchmo at The Waldorf, an absorbing and uplifting new play about the music, struggles and triumphs of the man who invented jazz. Starring Obie winner John Douglas Thompson (The Emperor Jones) as both Armstrong and Glaser in a tour de force performance, this exhilarating production arrives in New York following smash-hit, sold-out engagements at the Long Wharf Theatre and Shakespeare & Company.

Written by Terry Teachout (Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong) and directed by Gordon Edelstein (The Road to Mecca), Satchmo at The Waldorf presents Armstrong as you’ve never seen him – hilarious, moving… and breathtakingly human.




Read more and to buy tickets:

[www.satchmonyc.com]

Satchmo at The Waldorf Quick Facts


Running Time:

Approximately 90 minutes, with no intermission


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Price Range

$39.00 - $79.00 (Ticket prices include a $1.00 Facility Fee Fee.)



The Box Office at Westside Theater is open Tuesday - Sunday 12:00 Noon – Curtain.








Nearby Dinner Recommendation:
West Bank Cafe 407 W 42nd St
(bet. 9th and 10th Ave--closer to 9th), NYC
(212) 695-6909



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New York Times Review:




A Singular Trumpeter Unreels His Life