- Arthur Lithgow
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birthdate = 1915
birthplace =Dominican Republic
deathdate = death date|2004|3|24|mf=y
deathplace =Amherst, Massachusetts ,United States Arthur Washington Lithgow (1915 –
March 24 ,2004 ) was an American actor and director.Lithgow was born in the
Dominican Republic , the son of Ina Berenice (née Robinson), a nurse, and Arthur Washington Lithgow II, an entrepreneur. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E0DE1530F936A15750C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print Arthur Lithgow, 88, Stage Actor Who Led Regional Companies - New York Times ] ] Lithgow, the father of actorJohn Lithgow , helped pioneer theregional theater movement and founded two Shakespearian festivals. In 1952 he founded and served as the artistic director of theAntioch Shakespeare Festival atAntioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio . All of the Bard's works were produced in a six-year period.In 1962 he founded the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival inLakewood, Ohio (today known as the Great Lakes Theatre Festival and located in Cleveland).He appeared on Broadway in "A Cure for Matrimony", "Steel" and the musical "Lorelei" (which starred
Carol Channing and was based on "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes").In 1963 he became artistic director of the
McCarter Theatre atPrinceton University until 1972, when he and his family relocated toBoston , where he was a visiting professor at theUniversity of Massachusetts . He served as administrative director of the Brattleboro Center for the Performing Arts inBrattleboro, Vermont .He died aged 88 in
Amherst, Massachusetts of heart failure. [Theatre World, Vol. #60 (2003-2004), ISBN#1-55783-650-7/ISBN#1-55783-651-5] .References
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