Satchmo at the Waldorf Satchmo was one of Louis Armstrong’s nicknames, and that it derived from “satchel-mouth” . Waldorf refers to the luxurious hotel in Manhattan called the Waldorf Astoria New York, where Louis Armstrong played and where he also stayed. The whole play takes place at what is supposed to be Louis Armstrong’s room. The printed programme (2018) indicates that the original off-Broadway production’s World Premiere was presented in Lenox, Massachusetts and in New Haven, Connecticut, in the year 2012; the play was previously premiered in Orlando, Florida in 2011. The theatrical work is based on his biography written in 2009, and titled:
Satchmo at the Waldorf “"Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong".” The play has been produced in other major cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, and in Houston, Texas, it was shown from February 24th, 2018, through March 18th, 2018, at the Alley Theatre. Controversial subjects are covered, or subjects that tend to shock the public, as Henrik Ibsen did in the 20th century, “Satchmo” alludes to matters, and pronounces terms, less preferred by the percolations of higher society’s sophistication, and at the same time dives in the ponderation of Louis Armstrong’s important relationships; as underlined by Fierro’s assessment of Ibsen’s realist drama: “he