John Lithgow, who cut his acting teeth at his dad’s
Shakespeare on the Terrace at Stan Hywet Hall, will perform at E.J. Thomas Hall
April 18 to talk about storytelling as the tie that
binds humanity.
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| John Lithgow |
Lithgow -- a two-time Oscar nominee
for best supporting actor, twice a Tony winner for his Broadway performances and
5-time Emmy winner for his TV work -- lived in Akron during the early 1960s. He
was a ninth grader at Simon Perkins Junior High School before attending Buchtel
High School.
In 1963, after his senior year
of high school, he spent the first of two summers in Lakewood, where his
father, Arthur Lithgow, had started the Great Lakes Theater Festival (then
called the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival).
To read former BJ TV and movie
critic Mark Dawidziak’s article in the Plain Dealer, click on http://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/index.ssf/2013/02/john_lithgow_to_talk_about_the_power_of_storytelling_at_the_university_of_akron.html#incart_river
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