Political satire from John Lithgow? No one is more surprised than I. I’m a grizzled thespian, not much known for my politics, and pretty far along in life to head off in such a wildly different direction. But to my own amazement, my first ever book of political humor arrives hot off the presses this fall. How could this have happened? Well, the book probably would never have existed without the prodding of two confederates and without the occurrence of a single explosive moment onstage.
Have I made you curious? Good. Read on. Let me tell you the story of how, at the age of 73, I came to write
Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse...