The Rise and Fall of Arthur Miller
John Lahr’s new biography recounts the story of a playwright who met his historical moment like few before or since, then struggled for a second act.
Stories by Garrett Eisler
Chosen by Their Moment: Hecht, Cantor, and Rose
How three American showbiz figures reclaimed their Jewishness in a time of crisis and redefined it in the popular imagination.
The Play Makers: How New American Writing Makes It to Broadway
Is drama dying on the Main Stem? Not if these writers (and some enterprising nonprofits) can help it.
Tennessee Williams’s Anticlimax
John Lahr’s new biography, “Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh,” sheds an admiring but unflinching light on the playwright’s career and later works, as well as his life and relationships.
‘The Selected Letters of Elia Kazan’ Keeps the Dialogue Going
Among other things, a new collection of letters from the celebrated and complicated American director show his tough-love devotion to new work and writers.
Behind the Renaissance Man: A Review of ‘In Two Minds: A Biography of Jonathan Miller’
The book examines Miller’s efforts to pursue a career in theatre and practice medicine.
