“A cruel critic has never made anything; his glibness is a way of inflicting his emptiness on others.” WayMadeCriticismCriticsEmptiness Author:John Lahr
“A prose writer never sees a reader walk out of a book; for a playwright, it's another matter. An audience is an invaluable education. In my experience, theatre artists don't know what they've made until they've made it.” KnowsMadeBookMatterArtistWalksAudienceReaderTheatreMade ItProsePlaywrightInvaluable Author:John Lahr
“I was the first critic ever to win a Tony - for co-authoring 'Elaine Stritch at Liberty.' Criticism is a life without risk; the critic is risking his opinion, the maker is risking his life. It's a humbling thought but important for the critic to keep it in mind - a thought he can only know if he's made something himself.” IfsKnowsMindFirstsMadeImportantWinningLibertyOpinionRiskCriticismCriticsMakersHumbling Author:John Lahr
“Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot,' billed as 'the laugh sensation of two continents,' made its American debut at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, in Miami, Florida, in 1956. My father, Bert Lahr, was playing Estragon, one of the two bowler-hatted tramps who pass the time in a lunar landscape as they wait in vain for the arrival of a Mr. Godot.” MadeTwoFatherWaitingLaughingLandscapeVainSensationsContinentsFloridaArrivalsMiamiDebutGroveBeckettCoconutsTrampsBowlersGodotWaiting For Godot Author:John Lahr
“The New Yorker's' drama critics have always had a comparable authority because, for the most part, the magazine made it a practice to employ critics who moonlighted in the arts. They worked both sides of the street, so to speak.” ArtMadeSpeakSidesPracticeStreetsDramaAuthorityCriticsMagazinesMade ItBoth SidesNew Yorkers Author:John Lahr
“When Elvis made his mass-media debut on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' - his notorious gyrations filmed only from the waist up - I fell off the family chaise longue with delight.” MadeShowsMediaMassDelightMass MediaDebutNotoriousEd Sullivan Author:John Lahr
