“Death of a Salesman' is a brilliant taxonomy of the spiritual atrophy of mid-twentieth-century white America.” Quote by John Lahr
“I go to the theatre expecting to have a good time. I want each play and performance to take me somewhere. Naturally, this doesn't always happen.” WantPlayHappensPerformancesTheatreGood TimesTake MeExpectingHaving A Good Time Author:John Lahr
“Nobody has ever gone broke selling escape to the American public.” GoneSellingBroke Author:John Lahr
“The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.” GenerationsTalentBritishPlaywrightNina 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
“Although the 'New York Times' annually declares that Broadway is on its deathbed, news of its demise is greatly exaggerated. There's a lot of life yet in the old tart.” New YorkNewsBroadwayNew York TimesExaggeratedDemiseDeathbedTarts Author:John Lahr
“Angels in America' - which is composed of two three-hour plays, 'Millennium Approaches' and 'Perestroika' - proved to be a watershed drama, the most lyrical and ambitious augury of an era since Tennessee Williams's 'The Glass Menagerie.” TwoPlayAmericaThreeHoursDramaApproachAngelGlassesErasAmbitiousLyricalMillenniumTennesseeMenagerieWatershedsAngels In America Author:John Lahr
“The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.” FilmBeliefAudienceDepends Author:Ralph Fiennes
“Dame Edna is that rarest sighting in our time of the absolute comic, an inspired personification of caprice whose comedy answered the primal call to take the audience for a tumble.” AudienceComedyAbsolutesInspiredComicOur TimePrimalDamesCapricePersonification Author:John Lahr
“Did you come of age in those sweet summers of the early nineteen-sixties, when the airwaves were full of rock and roll's doo-wop promise of joy and the nation was full of J.F.K.'s eloquent promise of a New Frontier? I did. Life seemed to be laid out before us like a banquet; everything was for the taking, especially hearts.” HeartAgeJoyNationsRocksSweetPromiseSummerSixtyRock And RollFrontiersEloquentNineteenBanquetsNew Frontiers 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
