John Lithgow: Stories By Heart at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre

Lincoln Center Theater presents John Lithgow: Stories By Heart, written and performed by John Lithgow, and directed by Jack O�Brien, opening at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on 12 May 2008, following previews from 20 Apr and running through to 2 Jun 2008.

John Lithgow: Stories By Heart: Invoking memories of his grandmother and father before him, Lithgow traces his own history as an actor and storyteller, a history spanning three generations, culminating in a tour-de-force performance of the P.G. Wodehouse story Uncle Fred Flits By, in which the actor performs a bravura, forty-minute comic monologue, spouting Wodehouse�s dazzling language � portraying nine distinct, outrageous characters with zany abandon.

Multiple Tony and Emmy Award winner John Lithgow returns to Lincoln Center Theater where he starred on the Vivian Beaumont stage in 'The Front Page.' His most recent NY stage credits include 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,' 'Mrs. Farnsworth,' 'The Retreat From Moscow' and 'Sweet Smell Of Success.' He won three Emmy Awards for his performance as Dick Solomon on the hit NBC comedy series '3rd Rock From The Sun.'

Director Jack O�Brien�s most recent Lincoln Center Theater credits are the Tony Award winning productions of Tom Stoppard�s 'The Coast of Utopia' and Shakespeare�s 'Henry IV,' for which he won Tony Awards for his direction of both plays. His other LCT credits include Tom Stoppard�s 'The Invention of Love' and 'Hapgood,' Tina Howe�s 'Pride�s Crossing.' Lillian Hellman�s 'The Little Foxes' and Richard Nelson�s 'Two Shakespearean Actors.'