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John Lahr

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born

July 12, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.johnlahr.com

genre

Nonfiction, Theater

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John Lahr is the senior drama critic of The New Yorker, where he has written about theatre and popular culture since 1992. Among his eighteen books are Notes on a Cowardly Lion: The Biography of Bert Lahr and Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton, which was made into a film.

He has twice won the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism. Lahr, whose stage adaptations have been performed around the world, received a Tony Award for co-writing Elaine Stritch at Liberty.

He divides his time between London and New York.

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Books by John Lahr

Average rating: 4.07 · 1,320 ratings · 132 reviews · 31 distinct works

	Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton 4.13 avg rating — 189 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:
	Notes on a Cowardly Lion: The Biography of Bert Lahr 3.95 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1969 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Sinatra: The Artist and the Man 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Light Fantastic: Adventures in Theatre 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Honky-Tonk Parade: New Yorker Profiles of Show People 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Dame Edna Everage and the Rise of Western Civilization: Backstage With Barry Humphries 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Show and Tell: New Yorker Profiles 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Automatic Vaudeville: Essays on Star Turns 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Astonish Me, Adventures In Contemporary Theater 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Life-Show: How to See Theater in Life and Life in Theater by John Lahr, Jonathan Price 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1989	My rating: