John Lahr’s memoir These Foolish Things: A Life will be published by W.W. Norton in the U.S. in January 2027.
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‘John Lahr’s profiles are the nearest thing we get to theatre history. What he has is the keys to the dressing room door…’ – Sheridan Morley, The Spectator ‘These are wonderful profiles.’ – Edna O’Brien ‘One of the greatest biographers writing today.’ – The Observer ‘John Lahr managers to write about the theatre better than… Continue Reading
Arthur Miller – American Witness
‘John Lahr treats his subject with clarity and charity. His cogent analyses are revelatory but not surgical, and his sympathy never cloys. He does what a good literary biographer must do: He does not reduce the work to the life, but shows how it explains the life from which it emerges. He is an investigative reporter,… Continue Reading
Tennessee Williams – Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
John Lahr’s Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, follows Lahr’s other ground-breaking theatre biographies to give intimate access to the mind of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century. Williams’s work ushered in – as Arthur Miller declared – ‘a revolution’ in American theatre. Williams put his best self – and most… Continue Reading
Joy Ride
John Lahr’s most recent book JOY RIDE will feature many of his very best New Yorker profiles and reviews. Published by Norton (US) and Bloomsbury (UK). Joy Ride throws open the stage door and introduces readers to such makers of contemporary drama as Arthur Miller, Tony Kushner, Wallace Shawn, Harold Pinter, David Rabe, David Mamet,… Continue Reading
New award for John Lahr
John Lahr was recently awarded The National Arts Club Medal of Honour for Achievement in the Theatrical Arts, the first critic ever to win the award which has been given in the past to such luminaries as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, Lin Manuel-Miranda. Continue Reading
John Lahr wins eighth annual Sheridan Morley Prize for MAD PILGRIMAGE OF THE FLESH
John Lahr has won the eighth annual Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography for Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh. The book was described at the prizegiving ceremony by panel member Michael Simkins as the “definitive biography” of Tennessee Williams. John Lahr said, “You don’t write books for prizes, but it’s amazing how thrilling it… Continue Reading
Nola.com article on John Lahr and MAD PILGRIMAGE OF THE FLESH
With Tennessee Williams biography, theater critic John Lahr sheds new light on a familiar legend. Click here to read the article. Continue Reading
New accolades for MAD PILGRIMAGE OF THE FLESH
March 2015: John Lahr has just been named winner of the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award for best biography, and winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award for recognition of “the quality of prose style” for his recent biography of Tennessee Williams Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh. Continue Reading
New book – JOY RIDE
[easingsliderpro id=”4″]John Lahr’s latest book JOY RIDE, including his very best New Yorker profiles and reviews, will be published by Norton (US) and Bloomsbury (UK) in September. Stay tuned for further details… ‘John Lahr writes beautifully about the theatre and those who make it with an unrivalled blend of enthusiasm, perception and analytical precision. This… Continue Reading