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.

Is drama dying on the Main Stem? Not if these writers (and some enterprising nonprofits) can help it.

"Brecht’s Broadway Debut: The Faithful Failure of 3-Penny Opera (1933)," New England Theatre Journal

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 relatio…

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.

Article on how the movie adaptation of "The Emperor Jones" added layers of authenticity about the African American experience missing from O'Neill's original play. From The Eugene O’Neill Review 32.1 (2010) 148-162.

An analysis of the text and reception of the neglected 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical "I’d Rather Be Right," reading it as a genuinely political critique of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, not just a lighthearted spoof.