John Lahr
| John Lahr | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Henry Lahr July 12, 1941 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Critic, biographer |
| Period | 1969–present |
| Spouse | Anthea Veronica Loveday Mander (deceased) Connie Booth (2000–present) |
| Children | Christopher David Lahr |
| Relatives |
Bert Lahr (father) Jane Lahr (sister) |
John Henry Lahr (born July 12, 1941) is 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 Ride (2015) and Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh (2014).
Lahr was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Mildred (née Schroeder) (1915-1998), a former "Miss Cincinnati", and Bert Lahr (1895-1967), an actor. Lahr holds a B.A. from Yale University and a master's degree from Worcester College, Oxford. He has written many books, including the novels The Autograph Hound and Hot to Trot, as well as three biographies of important theatrical figures: one on his father called Notes on a Cowardly Lion; one of the British playwright Joe Orton called Prick Up Your Ears; and one of the Australian comedian Barry Humphries called Dame Edna Everage and the Rise of Western Civilization: Backstage with Barry Humphries. In 1987 he co-produced a film version of Prick Up Your Ears directed by Stephen Frears and written by Alan Bennett in which Lahr appeared as a character played by Wallace Shawn. Lahr also wrote the foreword to Love All the People: Letters, Lyrics, Routines, a 1994 collection of Bill Hicks's work.
In 2002, Lahr became the first drama critic ever to win a Tony Award for his part in writing actress Elaine Stritch’s one–woman show, "Elaine Stritch at Liberty", for which he and Stritch also won the Drama Desk Award for the Best Book to a Musical. Among his many awards, Lahr has twice won the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism.
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