>> Stephen: I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE MENTS HEY EVERYBODY,
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH JOHN LITHGOW, JOHN, HAVE YOU DONE
SHAKESPEARE. >> I DID WHEN I WAS YOUNG AS MY
FATHER WAS A SHAKESPEARE PRODUCER.
>> Stephen: THAT IS HOW YOU CAME BY IT, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS
IS, HERE YOU ARE, THIS IS YOUNG JOHN LITHGOW IN KINDERGARTEN.
>> YEAH. >> Stephen: AND I WAS GOING TO
ASK HOW DID THIS GUY BECOME THAT GUY.
>> AGE PERFORMS MIRACLES. ACTUALLY, I HAD ALREADY HAD MY
FIRST PERFORMANCE BEFORE THAT WAS TAKEN.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS IT. >> I WAS ONE OF NORAH'S CHILDREN
IN A DOLL'S HOUSE WHEN I WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD.
MY FATHER IN FACT PLAYED MY OWN FATHER.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER A SINGLE THING ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE.
BUT I'M TOLD I WAS VERY GOOD. SO THAT WAS,.
>> Stephen: WHEN DID YOU REALIZE YOU LIKED IT?
>> I THINK I WAS A BIG CAMPUS STAR AT COLLEGE.
AND I THINK, THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR NUMBER IN A GILBERT
AND SULLIVAN OPERA WHERE I STOPPED THE SHOW.
AND THE AUDIENCE WOULD NOT STOP APPLAUDING.
THEY SIMPLY WOULDN'T LET THE SHOW GO ON.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THE SHOW. >> UTOPIA LIMITED.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW THAT ONE.
>> BY GILBERT AND SULLIVAN. THEIR LEAST KNOWN OPERETTA.
AND I STOOD THERE JUST LIKE, LOOKING AT THEM AND SAYING WHEN
ARE YOU GOING TO STOP AND THEY DIDN'T STOP.
AND I THOUGHT, I'M GOING TO BECOME AN ACTOR.
IT JUST DOESN'T GET BETTER. >> Stephen: VERY FEW JOBS
INVOLVE PEOPLE CLAPPING FOR YOU FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME.
>> EXACTLY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: PLEASE, PLEASE.
JOHN LITHGOW, EVERYBODY. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO STOP?
>> STEPHEN, STEPHEN, STEPHEN. >> Stephen: THANK YOU.
>> I'M WITH THEM,. >> Stephen: WILL YOU GO WITH
ME EVERYWHERE, JOHN LITHGOW. WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES FOR A
GOOD PERFORMER? WHAT DO YOU GIVE TO YOUR ACTORS
AS YOU DIRECT THEM, HOW DO YOU PULL THEM OUT OF THEM?
>> WELL, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY INTERESTING EXPERIENCE WHICH WE
WILL TALK ABOUT. BUT DOUG McGRATH IS MORE A
WRITER THAN AN ACTOR SO IN MANY CASES I WOULD JUST HELPING HIM
WITH VERY RUDIMENTARY IDEAS THAT HE WAS SO RESPONSIVE TO.
LIKE ALWAYS LET THEM SEE WHAT YOU ARE THINKING.
IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ONE THING, AND SOON YOU WILL GO ON
TO TALK ABOUT A CUP OF COFFEE. LOOK AT THAT COFFEE.
AND THEN GO TO THE COFFEE. LET THEM SEE YOU THINK OF IT.
SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THAT. IS ACTUALLY A WONDERFUL PROCESS
TO GO THROUGH. I DON'T WANT TO OVERSELL IT.
>> Stephen: GO AHEAD. >> BUT THIS-- THIS SHOW IS A
GEM. IT SAY PIECE OF CHAMBER THEATER,
DOUG IS AN YOU ARE BAIN AND WITTY NEW YORKER BUT HE GREW UP
IN MIDLAND, TEXAS. AND HE TELLS THE STORY FROM HIS
14th YEAR IN 8th GRADE, A FORM TIFF STORY IN HIS LIFE.
STORY ABOUT TEXAS AND FAMLY BUT MAINLY IT IS ABOUT A VERY CRAZY
AND COMPLICATED ENTANGLEMENT, 1/8 GRADE HISTORY
TEACHER. WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT IN
PREVIEWS FOR TWO WEEKS AND PEOPLE ARE LOVING THIS SHOW.
YOU AND EFI HAVE GOT TO GO DOWN TO THE DR2 THEATER, AND I
INCLUDE ALL OF YOU IN THIS. YOU KNOW, IT IS A LITTLE 99 SEAT
THEATER. IT OPENS IN TWO DAYS WHEN PEOPLE
FIND OUT ABOUT THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET IN.
SO GET YOU TICKET, ACT NOW AND DON'T TELL ANYBODY ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S HOW I HAVE CHOSEN TO SELL IT.
>> FAIR ENOUGH. >> Stephen: PLAY HARD TO GET.
LOVELY TO SEE YOU. TICKETS TO EVERYTHING'S FINE ARE
AVAILABLE AT EVERYTHING'S FINE PLAY.COM.
JOHN LITHGOW, EVERYBODY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH TONY
AWARD WINNER WENDELL PIERCE.