Show and Tell

'John Lahr manages to write about it better than anybody in the English language' Sir Richard Eyre 'Probably the most intelligent and insightful writer on theatre today' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'A dazzling collection Lahr's craftsmanship is awesome' SUNDAY TIMES

In these incisive, often moving portraits John Lahr charts the geography of fame with the gift of revealing both the art and the artist, uncovering how life and work intersect.From David Mamet to Ingmar Bergman, Frank Sinatra to Woody Allen, Roseanne Barr to Eddie Izzard, The New Yorker's resident drama critic, John Lahr has had unparalleled access to the most elusive, compelling and irresistible public personas of our time. In SHOW AND TELL, Lahr - 'the most intelligent and insightful writer on theatre today' (NEW YORK TIMES) - reinvents the celebrity profile to find the essence of performance. Lahr's gift is his understanding of both the art and the artist, to show how the work and the life intersect. He has had unusual access to his subjects, who talk to him with rare candour.