Drama An Actor's Education [Paperback]

A memoir as finely crafted as one of Lithgow’s performances.
—Steve Martin

Emmy Award-winner John Lithgow presents a charming, witty, and revealing memoir about his family, his work, and his life inDrama—an intimate story of insights and inspirational reflections from one of America’s most beloved actors. Lithgow pays tribute to his father, his greatest influence, and relives his collaborations with renowned performers and directors including Mike Nichols, Bob Fosse, Liv Ullmann, Meryl Streep, and Brian De Palma. A compelling reflection on the trials, triumphs, and changes across his long career, Lithgow’sDramailluminates the inner life of a celebrated talent, and points the way forward for anyone aspiring to greatness in their own life.

In this riveting and surprising personal history, John Lithgow shares a backstage view of a young actor's life and career. Before he gained fame with the filmThe World According to Garp, his early years were full of scenes both hilarious and bittersweet. The theater worlds of New York and London come alive as Lithgow relives his collaborations with renowned performers and directors, including Mike Nichols, Bob Fosse, Liv Ullmann, and Meryl Streep. Above all, Lithgow's memoir is a tribute to his most important influence: his father, Arthur Lithgow, who, as an actor, director, producer, and great lover of Shakespeare, brought theater to John's boyhood.

Illuminating, funny, affecting, and thoroughly engrossing,Dramaraises the curtain on the making of one of our most beloved actors.

Dramais a cut abovetouching, self-aware, and beautifully written.Warm and generous.  . . . Lithgow is relentlessly likable.  . . . A brisk book, packed with funny stories.  . . . A buoyant, heartwarming account of coming into ones own.Anyone interested in an actors lifeespecially backstagewill fil3!