Film & TV NewsTune-In Alert: Art Happens Here With John Lithgow Premieres on PBS April 26
The two-time Tony winner explores arts education at four Los Angeles organizations in the new special.
By
Talaura Harms
April 26, 2024
In a new one-hour special from PBS, two-time Tony winner John Lithgow goes into the classroom with four Los Angeles arts organizations to explore the benefits of arts education on young learners. Art Happens Here With John Lithgow premieres on PBS April 26 at 10 PM ET (check local listings).
Watch the trailer above as the actor and author delves into four arts disciplines—silk-screen printing, dance, ceramics, and vocal jazz ensemble—alongside students at Self Help Graphics & Art, a pioneering Chicano community organization at the intersection of arts and social justice; the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, a nonprofit school offering dance classes to people of all ages; the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge, home of a nationally renowned ceramics studio; and the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), a specialized public school open to aspiring young artists throughout Los Angeles County.
Lithgow is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning and Oscar nominated screen actor. His roots are in theatre, having studied at Harvard University and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He made his Broadway debut in 1973 in David Storey's The Changing Room, for which he won the Best Featured Actor in a Play Tony Award. He also took home a Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for 2002's Sweet Smell of Success. He last appeared on Broadway as Bill in Hillary and Clinton in 2019. Other credits include Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Columnist, All My Sons, and M. Butterfly.
Art Happens Here With John Lithgow will also be available to stream on all station-branded PBS platforms, including PBS.org and the PBS App.
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Look Back at John Lithgow’s Onstage Career
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John Lithgow and Kathryn Walker in White House Happening at Loeb Drama Center, 1967
John Lithgow as Higgins, with George Emch and Holly Villaire in the McCarter Theatre production of Pygmalion, 1970
John Lithgow and cast in Of Mice and Men, McCarter Theatre, 1970
George Ede, John Lithgow and Alan Castner in The Changing Room, 1973
John Lithgow with George Rose and Lynn Redgrave in My Fat Friend, 1974
John Lithgow and Meryl Streep in Secret Service, 1976
John Lithgow directs Lenny Baker in Boy Meets Girl, 1976
David Margulies, Larry Lamb, Milo O'Shea and John Lithgow in Comedians, 1976
John Lithgow with Liv Ullmann and Robert Donley in Anna Christie, 1977
Liv Ullmann and John Lithgow in Anna Christie, 1977
Treat Williams, John Lithgow, and Deborah May in Once in a Lifetime, 1978
Virginia Vestoff and John Lithgow in Spokesong, 1979
John Lithgow and Judith Ivey in Bedroom Farce, 1979
John Lithgow in Division Street, 1980
Keene Curtis, John Lithgow and Joe Regalbuto in Division Street, 1980
Christine Lahti and John Lithgow in Division Street, 1980
David Hyde Pierce, Peter Michael Goetz, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Jack Gilpin, John Lithgow and Dianne Weist in Beyond Therapy, 1982
John Lithgow, Dianne Weist and Jack Gilpin in Beyond Therapy, 1982
John Lithgow and Dianne Weist in Beyond Therapy, 1982
John Lithgow and Maria Tucci in Requiem For a Heavyweight, 1985
John Lithgow and cast in Requiem for a Heavyweight, 1985
John Lithgow and Maria Tucci in Requiem for a Heavyweight, 1985
David Proval, Richard Dreyfuss, Daniel F. Keyes and John Lithgow in Requiem for a Heavyweight, 1985
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