Laurie Winer

Laurie Winer is a founding editor of LARB and the author of Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical (2023). She now lives in France and is at work on a book called The Hitler Tour.

Articles

Things Still to Be Salvaged
Laurie Winer assesses Damion Searls’s new translation of “The Third Reich of Dreams: Nightmares of a Nation” by Charlotte Beradt.
Laurie WinerJun 26
- History
A Day in Radomsko
A report on Louise Steinman’s book launch in Poland and the larger project of Polish-Jewish reconciliation.
Laurie Winer, Louise SteinmanNov 6, 2022
What Happened Here in Munich: An Interview with Mirjam Zadoff
Laurie Winer talks with Mirjam Zadoff, director of the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism.
Laurie WinerOct 16, 2021
- History
Hamilton in the Time of Trump
Laurie Winer on the Disney+ release of the hit musical during a time of protest.
Laurie WinerJul 6, 2020
Three Questions: Talking with Jonathan Shapiro about "Sisters in Law" (Sep. 18 – Oct. 13, Wallis Annenberg Center)
Laurie Winer interviews playwright Jonathan Shapiro about his new play "Sisters in Law" about Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sandra Day O'Connor.
Laurie WinerOct 9, 2019
20th-Century Classics for 21st-Century Audiences: An Interview with Bartlett Sher
Laurie Winer talks to Tony-nominated theater director Bartlett Sher, whose "To Kill a Mockingbird" is currently playing on Broadway.
Laurie WinerJun 9, 2019
- Music
The Michael Jackson Songbook
After "Leaving Neverland," what can Michael Jackson's lyrics tell us?
Laurie WinerMay 24, 2019
- Music
Letter from New York: The Dope on How We Cope, or, The Theater Cure
Laurie Winer reviews several plays currently on Broadway, including "Hadestown," "To Kill a Mockingbird," and "My Fair Lady."
Laurie WinerApr 26, 2019

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