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John Lithgow is returning to the New York stage with gusto in 2014 — first with Shakespeare's "King Lear" in Central Park this summer and then in a Broadway revival of Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" by fall.
“They’re two roles that I never intended to play in such proximity, but you can’t turn them down,” the two-time Tony Award winner said Thursday from Los Angeles. “It’s a great paring of roles. They really couldn’t be more different.”
Lithgow will be joined in the Albee play by Glenn Close, Lindsay Duncan, Bob Balaban, Clare Higgins and Martha Plimpton. It will be directed by Pam MacKinnon, with previews beginning at the Golden Theatre on Oct. 20. Opening night is Nov. 20. Albee's 1967 Pulitzer Prize-winning play first arrived on Broadway four years after his blistering "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and examines the stresses and strains of family and friendship.
The new production will mark Close’s return to the New York stage after a 20-year absence. She has won Tonys for “Sunset Boulevard,” “Death and the Maiden” and “The Real Thing.” She and Lithgow will play the long-married couple at the center of the play — Agnes and Tobias.
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The Foo Fighters are headed to the small screen.
The rock band said Thursday it will show the making of its new album in a series on HBO. The series will feature the group recording one song in eight cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.
The show and album will premiere in the fall.
Bandleader Dave Grohl will direct the series. He received critical acclaim last year for his directorial debut, the music documentary “Sound City.”
The Foo Fighters recorded tracks for its eighth album in Austin, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; Seattle; New Orleans; and Washington, D.C. A news release says the songs will include “local legends.”
The new album is the follow-up to 2011’s “Wasting Light,” which won five Grammys in 2012, including best rock album.
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