A Look at John Lithgow: Stories By Heart

Virtuosity and imagination combine in one utterly unique event, as Tony and Emmy Award winner John Lithgow creates a singularly intimate evening. With equal measures of humor and heart, he evokes memories of family, explores and expands the limits of the actor’s craft, and masterfully conjures a cast of indelible characters from classic short stories by Ring Lardner and P. G. Wodehouse.

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“People of Duloc, give you our champion! Congratulations, ogre. You’ve won the honor of embarking on a noble quest.”

“Quest? I’m already on a quest! To get my swamp back!”

“Your swamp?”

“Yeah! MY swamp! Where YOU dumped those fairytale creatures!”

“Alright, ogre. You go on this quest and I’ll give you your swamp back.”

“Exactly as it was?”

“All down to the last slime-covered toadstool.”

“And the squatters?”

“As good as gone.”

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“Run, run, run as fast as you can! You can’t catch me. I’m the Gingerbread Man!”

“You’re a monster!”

“I’m not the monster here. You are! You and the rest of that fairytale trash poisoning my perfect world. Now tell me. Where are the others?”

“Eat me!”

“I’ve tried to be fair to you creatures. Now my patience has reached its end. Tell me or I’ll...”

“No! Not the buttons! Not my gumdrop buttons!”

“Alright. Who is hiding them?”

“Okay. I’ll tell you. Do you know the Muffin Man?”

“The Muffin Man?”

“The Muffin Man.”

“Yes, I know the Muffin Man. Who lives on Drury Lane?”

“Well, she’s married to the Muffin Man.”

“The Muffin Man?”

“THE MUFFIN MAN!!!”

“She’s married to the Muffin Man?”

“Yes.”