Broadway NewsJohn Lithgow to Return to Broadway With Personal Solo ShowJohn Lithgow: Stories by Heart, inspired by his life, will make its Broadway premiere at the American Airlines Theatre this winter.
By
Olivia Clement
September 13, 2017
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Two-time Tony winner and Oscar nominee John Lithgow is set to return to Broadway this winter with his solo show, John Lithgow: Stories by Heart. Inspired by his life and career, the Roundabout Theatre Company production will play a limited engagement at the American Airlines Theatre beginning December 21.
Stories by Heart will officially open January 11, 2018. Daniel Sullivan directs the limited engagement, which will continue through March 4.
The design team will include John Lee Beatty (sets) and Kenneth Posner (lights). The full creative team will be announced soon.
In Stories by Heart, Lithgow traces his roots as an actor and storyteller, working classic short stories by P. G. Wodehouse and and Ring Lardner—read to him as a child—into his own narrative.
The Broadway premiere of Stories by Heart will mark the culmination of the show’s development over several years. The evening of storytelling was first presented at Lincoln Center Theater in 2008 with direction by Jack O’Brien before heading to theatres across the country whenever the actor’s schedule could allow.
Lithgow was last seen on Broadway in 2014 opposite Glenn Close in Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance. He is a two-time Tony Award winner for his performances in Sweet Smell of Success and The Changing Room. He is also a two-time Academy Award nominee for the films Terms of Endearment and The World According to Garp.
For tickets to Stories by Heart or for more information, visit Roundabouttheatre.org or call (212) 719-1300.
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Look Back at John Lithgow’s Onstage Career
Look Back at John Lithgow’s Onstage Career
Playbill.com looks back at a stage career that spans over 45 years.
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John Lithgow and Kathryn Walker in White House Happening at Loeb Drama Center, 1967
John Lithgow as Higgins, with George Emch and Holly Villaire in the McCarter Theatre production of Pygmalion, 1970
John Lithgow and cast in Of Mice and Men, McCarter Theatre, 1970
George Ede, John Lithgow and Alan Castner in The Changing Room, 1973
John Lithgow with George Rose and Lynn Redgrave in My Fat Friend, 1974
John Lithgow and Meryl Streep in Secret Service, 1976
John Lithgow directs Lenny Baker in Boy Meets Girl, 1976
David Margulies, Larry Lamb, Milo O'Shea and John Lithgow in Comedians, 1976
John Lithgow with Liv Ullmann and Robert Donley in Anna Christie, 1977
Liv Ullmann and John Lithgow in Anna Christie, 1977
Treat Williams, John Lithgow, and Deborah May in Once in a Lifetime, 1978
Virginia Vestoff and John Lithgow in Spokesong, 1979
John Lithgow and Judith Ivey in Bedroom Farce, 1979
John Lithgow in Division Street, 1980
Keene Curtis, John Lithgow and Joe Regalbuto in Division Street, 1980
Christine Lahti and John Lithgow in Division Street, 1980
David Hyde Pierce, Peter Michael Goetz, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Jack Gilpin, John Lithgow and Dianne Weist in Beyond Therapy, 1982
John Lithgow, Dianne Weist and Jack Gilpin in Beyond Therapy, 1982
John Lithgow and Dianne Weist in Beyond Therapy, 1982
John Lithgow and Maria Tucci in Requiem For a Heavyweight, 1985
John Lithgow and cast in Requiem for a Heavyweight, 1985
John Lithgow and Maria Tucci in Requiem for a Heavyweight, 1985
David Proval, Richard Dreyfuss, Daniel F. Keyes and John Lithgow in Requiem for a Heavyweight, 1985
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