John Lahr
John Lahr
John Henry Lahris a British-based American theater critic, and the son of actor Bert Lahr. Since 1992, he has been the senior drama critic at The New Yorker magazine. His books include Joy Rideand Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh...
theatre arses
The only thing I get from the theatre is a sore arse.
suffering refusal species
Frivolity is the species' refusal to suffer.
new-york demise broadway
Although the 'New York Times' annually declares that Broadway is on its deathbed, news of its demise is greatly exaggerated. There's a lot of life yet in the old tart.
drama angel glasses
Angels in America' - which is composed of two three-hour plays, 'Millennium Approaches' and 'Perestroika' - proved to be a watershed drama, the most lyrical and ambitious augury of an era since Tennessee Williams's 'The Glass Menagerie.
business crazy people
Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.
generations talent british
The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.
gone selling broke
Nobody has ever gone broke selling escape to the American public.
play theatre want
I go to the theatre expecting to have a good time. I want each play and performance to take me somewhere. Naturally, this doesn't always happen.
spiritual white america
Death of a Salesman' is a brilliant taxonomy of the spiritual atrophy of mid-twentieth-century white America.
sports new-york team
Broadway shows in New York draw two times the attendance of all New York sports teams put together.
magic theatre literature
I detest literature. I abominate the theatre. I have a horror of culture. I am only interested in magic!
memories self identity
Identity is memory; when memory disappears, the self dissolves and love with it.
goodbye sweet dark
In 1957, 'West Side Story' had introduced the musical to the reckless dark side of teen-age life; 'Bye Bye Birdie,' set in Sweet Apple, Ohio, where the citizens apparently dress mostly in chartreuse, mauve, orange, periwinkle, and turquoise, was a walk on the bright side.
science silence research
Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence.