Sinatra: the Artist and the Man by Lahr

Sinatra: the Artist and the Man by Lahr

Since it first declared independence six decades ago, Israel has endured constant threats to its existence. Though the Palestinian conflict continues to hold the world's attention, it is in fact only one of the nation's long-term concerns. Aside from terrorists seeking to destroy it, Israel must contend with tensions between secular and religious Jews, the demographic challenges posed by a quickly growing Arab population, internal political divisions, and disputes over the water sources that are critical to its survival. In the face of these many challenges, the country's future can seem precarious indeed.

John Lahr has twice won the George Jean Nathan Prize for Dramatic Criticism, the most recent for his work at the New Yorker, where he writes on theater and popular culture. He has been praised by the New York Times Book Review as perhaps the most brilliant and observant writer on the theater today. The Autograph Hound (1973) and Hot to Trot (1974), as well as Notes on a Cowardly Lion: The History of Bert Lahr (California, 2000), Light Fantastic: Adventures in Theater (1996), The Orton Diaries (editor, 1986), and Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton (1978), are among Lahr's sixteen works.