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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".
‘This is by far the best book ever written about America’s greatest playwright. John Lahr, the longtime drama critic for the New Yorker, knows his way around Broadway better than anyone. He is a witty and elegant stylist, a scrupulous researcher, a passionate yet canny advocate…
John Lahr is a staff writer and has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1991. A veteran of all aspects of the theatre, Lahr has contributed behind-the-scenes portraits, reviews, and...
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John Lahr reconstructs the life and death of Joe Orton in another extraordinary biography that was chosen Book of the Year by the Truman Capote and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Patrick White when it first appeared in 1978 ‘As good as literary biography gets.’ New York Times Book Review ‘Sensationally exciting.’ Newsweek
Sep 1, 2014 · Sept. 1, 2014. The first rule of biography, the writer Justin Kaplan was known to say, is: “Shoot the widow.” But John Lahr’s new biography, “Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh,”...
Sep 2, 2015 · John Lahr: 'I got death threats for not liking a Sondheim musical'. Andrew Dickson. Basketball with Woody Allen, a hunting knife from David Mamet, hanging out with Groucho Marx … the legendary...
Nov 12, 2012 · Thank You, John Lahr. By The New Yorker. November 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...
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