Joy Ride: Show People and Their Shows

Lahr, John

ISBN 10: 0393353230 / ISBN 13: 9780393353235

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2016

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Seller Inventory # BSM.12P6S

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Joy Ride: Show People and Their Shows
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393353230
• ISBN 13: 9780393353235
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

"Lahr creates a book worthy of its title: It is a living celebration of theater itself." ―Caryn James, New York Times Book Review

Since 1992 John Lahr has written for The New Yorker, where for twenty-one years he was the senior drama critic, the longest stint in that post in the magazine's history. Joy Ride is a collection of his profiles and reviews that throws open the stage door, taking us behind the scenes both on and off Broadway to introduce such creators of contemporary drama as August Wilson, Arthur Miller, Stephen Sondheim, Tony Kushner, Wallace Shawn, and Mike Nichols. The result is a delightful, literate, and essential crash course in contemporary theater.

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About the Author

National Book Award finalist John Lahr is the author of Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, among other books. He was the senior drama critic of The New Yorker for over two decades. He has twice won the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism and is the first critic ever to win a Tony Award (coauthor, Elaine Stritch at Liberty).