John Lahr

John Henry Lahr
BornJohn Henry Lahr
(1941-07-12) July 12, 1941 (age 83)
Los Angeles, California, US
OccupationTheater critic, writer, biographer
EducationWorcester College, Oxford
Yale University
Spouse
Anthea Mander
(m. 1965; died 2004)
(m. 2000)
Children1
ParentsBert Lahr (father)
Mildred Schroeder (mother)
RelativesJane Lahr (sister)
Website
johnlahr.com

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]

  1. ^ "John Lahr". IBDB: Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Contributors: John Lahr". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Larman, Alexander (October 5, 2014). "Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh Review". The Guardian. Retrieved May 21, 2022.