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John Henry Lahr (born July 12, 1941) is an American theater critic and writer. [1] From 1992 to 2013, he was a staff writer and the senior drama critic at The New Yorker. [2] He has written more than twenty books related to theater. [2] Lahr has been called "one of the greatest biographers writing today". [3]
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...
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
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,”...
John Lahr was born on 12 July 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990) and Solitaire for 2 (1994). He has been married to Connie Booth since 19 August 2000.
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.
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
Dec 3, 2015 · To John Lahr, joy in the theater is as much about artistic ambition and intellectual rigor as it is about simple happiness. The word infuses “Joy Ride,” his collection of profiles and reviews...
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Nov 1, 2022 · Arthur Miller: American Witness (Jewish Lives) Hardcover – November 1, 2022. by John Lahr (Author) 4.3 32 ratings. Part of: Jewish Lives (68 books) See all formats and editions. A great theater critic brings twentieth-century playwright Arthur Miller’s dramatic story to life with bold and revealing new insights.
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