Stories by Heart: John Lithgow to perform two stories in repertory at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater

Lincoln Center Theater will present a return engagement of award winning actor John Lithgow in his critically acclaimed one man show John Lithgow: Stories By Heart.

John Lithgow: Stories By Heart, which will once again be directed by Jack O�Brien, will be presented during the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater run of the new Susan Stroman-John Weidman-Scott Frankel-Michael Korie musical 'Happiness' for 14 performances from 12 Apr - 25 May, on Sunday and Monday evenings.

John Lithgow: Stories By Heart, which was originally presented by Lincoln Center Theater last spring, is a meditation on the art and essence of storytelling. Invoking memories of his grandmother and father before him, Lithgow traces his own history as an actor and storyteller, a history spanning three generations.

For this return engagement, Lithgow will perform two different evenings in repertory. The first will be the return of his lauded 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.

The second will be a performance of the Ring Lardner story 'Haircut,' the writer�s 1925 tale in which a barber, while giving a haircut to a stranger in town, catches the newcomer up on recent events in the community, and in doing so tells a comical but ultimately dark and suspenseful tale.

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 this season�s 'All My Sons,' '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.' His many film credits include two back-to-back Oscar nominations for the films 'The World According To Garp' and 'Terms of Endearment.' He is also the author of eight New York Times best selling children�s pictures books.

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.'