Conversations with John Lahr: Michael Blakemore

In this issue of the magazine, John Lahr reviews “Blithe Spirit,” currently playing at the Shubert Theatre in New York City. Last week, Lahr sat down with the director Michael Blakemore to talk about staging Noël Coward, his long career working with actors and playwrights, and his experience directing a Woody Allen play (which Blakemore also discussed in his 1996 New Yorker article “Death Defying Director”). (Subscribers can access the article in our Digital Reader.)