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.
Laurie Winer
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.
A Day in Radomsko
A report on Louise Steinman’s book launch in Poland and the larger project of Polish-Jewish reconciliation.
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.
Hamilton in the Time of Trump
Laurie Winer on the Disney+ release of the hit musical during a time of protest.
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.
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.
The Michael Jackson Songbook
After "Leaving Neverland," what can Michael Jackson's lyrics tell us?
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."
It is Pleasant to Know Things: In Memory of Jonathan Gold
Laurie Winer remembers long lunches with Jonathan Gold.
Radio Hour: Despina Stratigakos's "Hitler at Home" & Nicholson Baker on Nabokov's "Speak, Memory"
Radio Hour: Tracy Tynan's "Wear and Tear", plus D.W. Winnicott
Radio Hour: Ron Arias "The Wetback and Other Stories" plus Monica Coleman's "Bipolar Faith"
A conversation with Ron Arias about his new collection 'The Wetback'
Radio Hour: Laura Albert on the Documentary "Author: The JT Leroy Story"
Radio Hour: Evan Kindley and Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn
Radio Hour: Lauren Weedman's 'Miss Fortune' & David Ulin on Donald Trump
Actor and writer Lauren Weedman talks about her collection of funny, personal essays 'Miss Fortune'
Two Very American Tragedies
Watching ESPN’s "OJ: Made In America," I thought of Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy."
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