A man, a chair, a few pages—theater!

He swore he’d never do another solo show after the last one flopped off-Broadway nearly 30 years ago, but you can’t keep a good actor down. This week, John Lithgow returns to the form he once left behind with a new production, Stories By Heart, in which the star of stage, screen and television performs a pair of stories cherished from his childhood by authors P.G. Wodehouse and Ring Lardner. It’s just John, his chair, a few pages—and more than 40 years of acting craft from a modern master. The show runs at the Music Center’s Mark Taper Forum through February 13, 2011. Buy your tickets online here. And here’s a visitors’ guide.

 Posted 1/6/11