Drama: An Actor's Education, (Paperback)

from mirrani

I absolutely love the way Lithgow writes and his ability to tell a story through acting (be it physical or just with his voice) is superb, so when I found out that my local library had his audiobook, I jumped at the chance to listen to it. This is a book about father and son, but it is also about...

from lilacwolf

From Lilac Wolf and Stuff For such a mundane and simple cover, I was dazzled at the direction the book and Lithgow's life took. He moved around a lot because of his father, who had this dream of starting the next great Shakespeare festival. So for all the goofy roles you've seen Lithgow in, he's ...

from JEB5

I have been a fan of John Lithgow for awhile now. His sense of humor, timing, and talent exudes from every work of acting he has performed and this autobiography is further proof that his talents extend into writing as well. Raised and schooled in northeast Ohio myself, the name Lithgow comes up ...

from bookswoman

Drama is a fascinating look at what happens to a young man "raised" in the theatre. John Lithgow's father, Arthur, was a theatre manager, director, and actor. Almost all of John's early memories are of plays and learning Shakespeare before most kids have heard of the Bard. Drama is both a praise ...

from UberButter

Drama: An Actor's Education by John Lithgow★ ★ ★ In many memoirs I read, one of my gripes is how little detail there is. Many seem to just skim through their lives. The opposite can be said about John Lithgow. Within the first 300 pages of his 316 pages book, he discusses the first 30 years of hi...