His life was one long extravaganza, like living inside a Faberge egg.

In 1988 Lahr began a relationship with former actress Connie Booth; they married in 2000 and live together in London. Lahr agreed to complete the second volume which will follow Williams from 1945 to his death in 1983. A.

Since 1992 he has been the senior drama critic at The New Yorker magazine.