John Lahr

John Lahr was the lead theatre critic at The New Yorker between 1992 and 2013. He is the only biographer to have won the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism twice and was awarded a Tony Award for his Elaine Stritch at Liberty, which he co-authored. Previous publications include Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton (1978) and Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh (2014), which won The National Book Critics' Award for Biography.