Author: John Lahr

Quotes

Broadway shows in New York draw two times the attendance of all New York sports teams put together.

Broadway shows in New York draw two times the attendance of all New York sports teams put together.

- 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.

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.

- John Lahr

'Death of a Salesman' is a brilliant taxonomy of the spiritual atrophy of mid-twentieth-century white America.

'Death of a Salesman' is a brilliant taxonomy of the spiritual atrophy of mid-twentieth-century white America.

- 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.

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.

- John Lahr

Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.

Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.

- John Lahr

His life was one long extravaganza, like living inside a Faberge egg.

His life was one long extravaganza, like living inside a Faberge egg.

- 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.

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.

- John Lahr

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