TWITTER WATCH: John Lithgow - 'My wife dreamed her husband murdered people'

By: Oct. 12, 2009
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BroadwayWorld.com presents its newest column, Twitter Watch, which will bring you only the best and most interesting reports straight from the mouths of Broadway stars, shows and more on the hot social networking service - Twitter!

Twitter Watch begins the week by checking in with stage and screen star John Lithgow's Twitter page. The actor can currently be seen on the hit Showtime series 'Dexter'.

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Down to 2 more shoot days on #Dexter, what an ending! Sad to see the end approach, how can something so harrowing be so much fun?
1:08 PM Oct 8th from web

Interviewed this AM by phone by, guess who? Ken Russell for the London Times re: STORIES BY HEART at the Nat'l. A journalist. Who knew?
11:08 AM Oct 2nd from web

My wife dreamed her husband murdered people. Collateral damage from #Dexter.
11:06 AM Oct 2nd from web

Ken Burns' Nat'l Parks series is epic, beautiful, and essential. Makes me want to get in the car and drive. John Muir? Who knew?
10:54 PM Sep 29th from web

Saw Pride & Glory on HBO and there she was, playing cancer victim Abbey, my next NY leading lady the wonderful Jennifer Ehle.
3:46 PM Sep 29th from web

Brit SJ Clarkson is our Dexter director this week, marvelous. AND THE FIRST WOMAN DIRECTOR I'VE EVER WORKED FOR!! Shocking, isn't it?
3:44 PM Sep 29th from web

And thanks, #Dexter fans, for the nice words re: my bare ass. A 63 yr. old needs those compliments.
10:47 AM Sep 28th from web

This weekend saw Aristophanes' PEACE with Culture Clash, at Getty in LA, just brilliant. Wild satire, the old Greek would have loved it.
10:45 AM Sep 28th from web

These days we're nearing the end of shooting Dexter. Tonight you can start at the beginning. Fasten your seatbelts.
3:20 PM Sep 27th from web

Just read final #Dexter script. I'm out of breath. OMG what a finish.
4:44 PM Sep 26th from web

The Yankee/Sox game is aging me.
3:16 PM Sep 26th from web

Yes! 20 Good Years! She was my daughter. And the last two hours are the most attention that show ever got.
3:27 PM Sep 25th from web

Trivia question: when did I work with that sweetheart Heather Burns, who's turned up on Bored To Death? Hint: if you blinked you missed it.
8:38 AM Sep 25th from web

Check www.keithsewell.com for his wonderful new album, he's my Lyle Lovett band pal from the Dublin pub, remember? What a string player!
8:36 AM Sep 25th from web

Ha! PEOPLE calls me a "bland blob of a man" in #Dexter, and you know what? It's a compliment!
9:57 PM Sep 24th from web

John Lithgow's many Broadway appearances include The Changing Room, My Fat Friend, Trelawney of the Wells, Comedians, Anna Christie, Once in a Lifetime, Spokesong, Bedroom Farce, Beyond Therapy, Requiem for a Heavyweight, The Front Page, M. Butterfly, Sweet Smell of Success, The Retreat From Moscow, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and, most recently, All My Sons. Off-Broadway: Mrs. Farnsworth, Stories by Heart. England: Malvolio in Twelfth Night (RSC). Television: "3rd Rock From the Sun." Film: The World According to Garp, Terms of Endearment, Twilight Zone: the Movie, Footloose, Cliffhanger, Shrek and Kinsey. Dance: Carnival of the Animals (NYC Ballet). For children: eight bestselling picture books, three CDs and concerts with major U.S. orchestras. Awards: two Tonys (of five nominations), three Drama Desk Awards, four Emmys (of ten nominations), two Oscar nominations, four Grammy nominations, a Golden Globe, two SAG Awards.

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