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John Henry Lahr (born July 12, 1941) is an American theater critic and writer. From 1992 to 2013, he was a staff writer and the senior drama critic at The New Yorker. He has written more than twenty books related to theater. Lahr has been called "one of the greatest biographers writing today".
John Lahr is a renowned American drama critic and author of acclaimed biographies of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and Joe Orton. Learn more about his books, awards, plays and upcoming events on his official website.
John Lahr is a writer, critic, theatre reviewer, novelist, and show business profiles. He has written biographies of Tennessee Williams, Dame Edna Everage, Frank Sinatra, and Noel Coward, among others.
John Lahr is a veteran theatre critic and biographer who has written for The New Yorker since 1991. He has published books on Tennessee Williams, Frank Sinatra, Joe Orton, and other artists, and has won several awards for his work.
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Sep 2, 2015 · The son of comedian Bert Lahr (famous for his role as the cowardly lion in The Wizard of Oz) and a former Miss Cincinnati, Lahr occupied until recently American theatre’s equivalent of an...
Nov 12, 2012 · After twenty years as The New Yorker’s chief theatre critic, John Lahr will give up regular reviewing to focus on the Profiles he also contributes to the magazine, as well as on book projects.
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Mar 2, 2022 · ‘In “Arthur Miller”, the great critic and biographer John Lahr has found a perfect subject: complex, gifted, a man of his times. This is biography-as-collaboration, and utterly captivating.’ – Hilton Als, Pulitzer Prize–winning essayist and author
