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“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.”

Quote by John Lahr

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John Lahr

John Lahr, born on July 12, 1941, is an accomplished theater critic. His reviews are renowned for their insightful interpretations and profound understanding of the art of theater. more

“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.”

Heart Age Joy Nations Rocks Sweet Promise Summer Sixty Rock And Roll Frontiers Eloquent Nineteen Banquets New 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.”

Ifs Knows Mind Firsts Made Important Winning Liberty Opinion Risk Criticism Critics Makers Humbling

Author:John Lahr

“In Britain, the theatre has traditionally been where the public goes to think about its past and debate its future. The formation of the National Theatre, at the Old Vic, near the South Bank, in 1963, institutionalized the symbolic importance of drama by giving it both a building and state funding.”

Thinking Giving States Past Building Drama Importance South Theatre Debate Britain Funding Symbolic Formation Youth Theatre

Book:Joy Ride: Lives of the Theatricals

Source: Joy Ride: Lives of the Theatricals

“Like the tail fins on fifties American cars or the parabolic shapes of Populuxe furniture, 'West Side Story' incarnates the dream of momentum in the golden age of the twentieth century.”