Mosaic Theater to Launch Season Two with Off-Broadway Hit SATCHMO AT THE WALDORF

Mosaic Theater Company of DC launches its momentous second season with Terry Teachout's Off-Broadway hit, SATCHMO AT THE WALDORF (August 25 - September 25, 2016), a one-man, three-character powerhouse play set in March of 1971 on the night of Armstrong's last public performance. The play takes a hard look at the life of a musical icon both praised and criticized for his role in the Civil Rights Movement, diving into the fascinating relationships with irascible manager Joe Glaser, responsible for making and commoditizing Armstrong's legendary career, and with rival and jazz artist MiLes Davis.

Satchmo at the Waldorf is the first play from Teachout, longtime drama critic for The Wall Street Journal, and draws on the assiduous research from his 2009 biography, Pops - A Life of Louis Armstrong. The production stars local favorite Craig Wallace (When Father Comes Home From the Wars, District Merchants) under the direction of Eleanor Holdridge (Queens Girl in the World, The Who & The What).

"Mosaic Theater's Season Two is all about Clamorous Encounters, and I couldn't imagine a more celebratory way to ignite the series than with Terry Teachout's towering encounter between three American giants at the center of a cultural revolution," says Founding Artistic Director, Ari Roth. "Terry's meticulously researched play (and biography) lend a critic's careful eye to the life and career of an American master-a working man with an artist's soul and activist's heart. But it's the relationship with Joe Glaser, the combative manager behind Armstrong's meteoric rise in white culture, that exposes a complex, troubled, and deeply unresolved history between African American artists and Jewish producers and managers that continues to play out in the arts and entertainment industries today. I couldn't be happier to have Craig Wallace and Eleanor Holdridge at the heart of this project, two of the finest theater artists working in DC today and collaborating now for the first time in their careers."

Satchmo at the Waldorf's opening night is Monday, August 29 at 7:30 PM and will run until September 25th. Ticket prices are $40-$60 general admisson, NE & SE Neighbors: $30, under 30 and student: $20 tickets, senior: 10% discount, military and first responder: 10% discount

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