Since 1992 John Lahr has written for The New Yorker, where for
twenty-one years he was the senior drama critic, the longest stint in
that post in the magazine's history. Joy Ride is a collection of his
profiles and reviews that throws open the stage door, taking us behind
the scenes both on and off Broadway to introduce such creators of
contemporary drama as August Wilson, Arthur Miller, Stephen Sondheim,
Tony Kushner, Wallace Shawn, and Mike Nichols. The result is a
delightful, literate, and essential crash course in contemporary
theater.