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The Book Show #1423 - John Lahr

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published October 27, 2015 at 3:00 PM EDT

  John Lahr is an acclaimed theater critic. Since 1992 he’s been the Senior Drama Critic for The New Yorker magazine.

He’s the author of such books as Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, and the brand new, Joy Ride. The book is a collection of Lahr’s New Yorker profiles and reviews which explore the lives of the theatricals.
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