Theatre: Blockbuster Business or Art Form? 2 New Books Diverge
Michael Riedel and John Lahr both summarize decades of reporting on the business—and the art—of show.
All Stories About John Lahr
In Conversation: Tony Kushner and John Lahr Talk Tennessee Williams
Tony Kushner talks with John Lahr about his new biography of Tennessee Williams, and what the playwright’s declining later years say about his art—and about America.
Tennessee Williams’s Anticlimax
John Lahr’s new biography, ‘Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh,’ sheds an admiring but unflinching light on the playwright’s career and later works, as well as his life and relationships.
Threadbare Dreams
A new collection of criticism ranges from infuriating to perceptive, banal to brilliant.
