All stories by John Lithgow on BroadwayStars

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

John Lithgow, on Barnstorming His Way to Broadway by John Lithgow

For nine years, this actor has taken his one-man show on the road like a “time-warp vaudevillian.” What did he learn along the way?

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:12PM
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

John Lithgow’s 10 Favorite Books by John Lithgow

Bookseller One Grand Books has asked literary celebrities to name the ten titles they’d take to a desert island, and they’ve shared the results with Vulture. Below is The&…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:00PM
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

ArtsBeat: ‘Learning’ Lear: Places, Please, for Opening Night by John Lithgow

Actors develop rituals for each show, and out of such rituals friendships are born. Opening night celebrates those friendships just as much as it celebrates the show.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:00PM
Thursday, July 31, 2014

ArtsBeat: Learning ‘Lear’: Time to Leave the Nest by John Lithgow

As opening night nears, the director Dan Sullivan gives his last notes and John Lithgow feels a far stronger sense of an ending than a beginning.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:43PM
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

ArtsBeat: Learning ‘Lear’: The How-To’s of Hub-Bub by John Lithgow

Those crowd sounds you hear but can’t quite make out? Hub-bub. Here’s how it evolved in this production of “Lear.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:55PM
Sunday, July 27, 2014

ArtsBeat: Learning ‘Lear’: A Pitiless Storm, Then the Show Goes On by John Lithgow

After a torrential rain, the performance resumed with a vivid feeling of dislocation and desolation, of a world teetering toward madness.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:22PM
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

ArtsBeat: Learning ‘Lear’: Perform, Rehearse, Stagger Home by John Lithgow

John Lithgow recounts how it feels to perform in the first preview of “Lear.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:53PM
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Sunday, July 20, 2014

ArtsBeat: Learning ‘Lear’: Cue Memories by John Lithgow

During rehearsals for “King Lear,” John Lithgow gets a poignant reminder of his long past with Shakespeare’s plays.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:00PM
Monday, July 14, 2014

ArtsBeat: Learning ‘Lear’: A Real Run-Through, and a Sneak Peek by John Lithgow

John Lithgow checks out the set and lighting at the Delacorte Theater, where he will soon step onstage in the title role of “King Lear.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:37PM
Friday, July 11, 2014

ArtsBeat: Learning ‘Lear’: Feeling the Pain by John Lithgow

John Lithgow asks for help when back pain intrudes on the rehearsals for “King Lear.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:41AM
Monday, July 7, 2014

ArtsBeat: Learning ‘Lear’: A King’s Gotta Eat by John Lithgow

John Lithgow, preparing for “King Lear,” takes his fellow actors out to lunch.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:38AM
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

ArtsBeat: Learning ‘Lear’: Torn Between Soccer and Shakespeare by John Lithgow

John Lithgow and a fellow actor find their attention divided between the World Cup and the stage business at hand.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:55PM
Friday, June 27, 2014

ArtsBeat: Learning ‘Lear’: Playing to the Camera by John Lithgow

With a photographer on the scene, John Lithgow finds rehearsal opposite Annette Bening to be more charged than he expected.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:05PM
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

ArtsBeat: Learning ‘Lear’: When To Hold Back, When to Let Go by John Lithgow

John Lithgow on how he’s learned to modulate his energy in rehearsing “King Lear,” after sitcom experience “conducted at a pace far over the speed limit.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:25PM
Monday, June 23, 2014

ArtsBeat: Learning ‘Lear’: Put It In the Blog! by John Lithgow

John Lithgow, a Tony-winning actor and writer, is writing about his rehearsals for the Shakespeare in the Park production of “King Lear.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AM
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

ArtsBeat: Learning ‘Lear’: John Lithgow’s Shakespeare in the Park Diary by John Lithgow

A report on the long days — and the long beard — that go along with “King Lear.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:00PM
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

John Lithgow’s Discovery at Britain’s National Theater by John Lithgow

The three-stage complex of the National Theater in London allows for one particularly meaningful tradition, described by an American visitor and participant, John Lithgow.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00AM

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards