Lithgow and his siblings, perpetually the outsiders, had no choice but to put a smiling face on their rootlessness. They changed schools the way other kids changed fall wardrobes. Each new city ...

Lithgow’s gray beard is in full bloom for his role in the Public Theater’s Shakespeare ... But the Catholic school where George teaches doesn’t approve of gay marriage and reluctantly ...

Growing up, Lithgow wanted to be an artist and was inspired and encouraged by his public school art teachers. As the years have passed, he’s come to see those teachers as his heroes, responsible ...

LOS ANGELES — John Lithgow has an illustrious acting career ... and a lot of that was pure inspiration from great art teachers in public schools,” he said. “We found an enormous amount ...

He learned dance, ceramics, silk-screen printing and vocal jazz ensemble with Los Angeles-area high school students. It was filmed for “Art Happens Here with John Lithgow,” airing Friday on ...

He wasn't like, "Oh, I really thought you were going to be a painter…" Lithgow: Yeah. And I said, "What are you thinking? I would never go to business school." He said, "Well, as a theater ...