John Lithgow News

Local Theater Company's Founding Artistic Director Pesha Rudnick announced today that Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University, will join Denver-based Transformation Coach Michanda Lindsey for an hour-long interactive conversation on Sunday, January 31, 12pm MT.

 The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the series nominees for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards.  The winners will be revealed LIVE on The CW on Sunday, March 7, 2021 from 7-10pm ET/PT, with acclaimed film, television, and stage star Taye Diggs returning to host for his third consecutive time.

Paging the doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital!  Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley announced today that some of our favorite Seattle-based surgeons will join them on “Stars In The House” on Thursday, January 14 at 8pm ET. 

New Year, New Reunion!  Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley announced today that the new year will bring with it new “Stars In The House” reunions of some of the most beloved casts from stage and screen, beginning with “The Waltons” on Thursday, January 7 at 8PM ET. 

This week's Theater Stories features the American Airlines Theatre! Learn about the Tony-winning plays to grace the stage, including 12 Angry Men, The Constant Wife and more; the theatre's upcoming shows 1776 and Birthday Candles, and much more!

Many Broadway stars have taken their incredible talents off the stage and onto your TV screens. One channel that has welcomed Broadway talent is Hallmark! Stars like Kristin Chenoweth, Jeremy Jordan, Aaron Tveit, Anika Noni Rose, Nathan Lane, Patti Murin, Bernadette Peters, Beth Leavel and Lea Salonga have appeared in past fils.

Today (December 11) in live streaming: Laura Osnes, Courtney Reed and Susan Egan visit Backstage Live, and so much more!

Stars in the House continues tonight (8pm) with The Chelsea Symphony performance of The Night Before Christmas narrated by John Lithgow with Matt Aubin, Mark Seto, Emily Wong, Aaron Dai, Nicholas Pappone and Candace Chien.

Bucks County Playhouse will present its popular story-telling series, “Word of Mouth,” this Sunday, December 13 at 7pm, hosted by renowned storyteller, Michaela Murphy, Bucks County Playhouse’s Director of Education.

In celebration of the last 25 years as a leader in performing arts access for New York City children, friends of the New Victory, including Renée Elise Goldsberry, John Lithgow and Sarah Jessica Parker, among others, wish the theater a Happy 25th Birthday.

The central project of MasterVoices’ 2020-2021 season will be a virtual rollout of award-winning composer Adam Guettel’s theatrical song cycle, Myths and Hymns, in an online staging conceived by Ted Sperling.

The Inheritance playwright Matthew Lopez has rounded up a group of stars to perform the emotional speech at the end of Act 1 of the play in honor of World AIDS Day.

James Corden welcomes John Lithgow to Stage 56 and asks him about his 1985 film, 'Santa Claus: The Movie' which was a huge hit in the United Kingdom, which was not the case in America as John predicted would be the case. After James asks John whether he considered any careers outside of acting, John reads a poem from his new book 'Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown.'

A new video on Netflix's YouTube channel features stars of The Crown's fourth season, Josh O’Connor (Prince Charles) and Emma Corrin (Princess Diana).

The cast of Netflix's series The Crown took the Ultimate 1980s Quiz for Netflix's YouTube channel.

The fourth season of the Netflix series The Crown has had fans buzzing about the accuracy of several scenes depicting performances from Princess Diana. Another scene in the series shows Diana performing Uptown Girl for a surprised opera audience, as well as her husband Prince Charles, along with dancer Wayne Sleep. It turns out this really happened, as well!

PS CLASSICS has announced a 10th Anniversary re-release of The Trumpet of the Swan, the extraordinary collaboration between Marsha Norman, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright (The Color Purple, 'night Mother), and Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown (Parade, The Bridges of Madison County).

STONY POINT, NY - NOVEMBER 16, 2020 - 'As theatres remain dark, Penguin Rep remains committed to making art and to connecting with our community,' says founding artistic director Joe Brancato. 'As we grapple with a way to tell stories given the continued closure of theatres, we are inspired by other challenging periods in history when Americans were distant but connected, and excited by the idea of working with different medium.'

Local Theater Company (Local) announces selections for its annual festival of new American plays, Local Lab. In honor of the theater's 10th season, Local has expanded the festival and will now support the development of 10 new works including four scripted plays, three artist-devised works, two original commissions and a new musical.

After Season Four of The Crown released on Netflix this past weekend, theatre fans have been buzzing about a particular moment featuring Princess Diana singing All I Ask of You from The Phantom of the Opera.