Satchmo at the Waldorf

Mar. 1 - Apr. 7, 2024
The November Theatre, Marjorie Arenstein Stage

(804) 282-2620
Contains profanity and mature themes.

"An astounding performance!"

Richmond Family Magazine

"A singularly enlightening and engrossing evening."

STYLE Weekly

Richmond favorite, Jerold Solomon, portrays Louis Armstrong, the greatest of all jazz trumpeters; Joe Glaser, his manager; and Miles Davis, a rival musician, in this one-man, three-character play. In 1971, in a dressing room backstage at the Empire Room of New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, four months prior to his death, Armstrong attempts to come to terms with his complicated relationships with Glaser and Davis.

Playbill: Meet the Cast and Creative Team

"He's knocking it out of the park"

Director interview on WTVR Channel 6

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