Watch John Lithgow Explain What Happens to Glenn Close When He Slips Up in Broadway's A Delicate Balance

What happens when John Lithgow leaves three actresses on stage after he misses his entrance? Glenn Close improvises Edward Albee dialogue. Sounds easy enough. During his Today Show visit on October 24, the actor revealed that he left his A Delicate Balance co-stars in that exact predicament during a recent show. But that's not the only obstacle. After a triumphant performance in King Lear over the summer, the Tony winner and Oscar nominee is trading in the Shakespearean verse for Albeean prose, a different yet equally challenging speech pattern. “Once you get it,” Lithgow says, “it’s electric, because it’s just as unpredictable for the audience.” You can now catch Lithgow and Close in A Delicate Balance at the Golden Theatre, opening officially on November 20.