The Columnist Tickets

John Lithgow has long been regarded as one of America's most distinguished performers. He has made an indelible impression on audiences with his work in film, television and the theater, receiving two Tonys, six Emmys, two Golden Globes, four SAG Awards and two Oscar nominations. Lithgow has appeared in a long list of critically acclaimed films, as far back as The World According to Garp and as recent as Conclave. He most recently starred in TheRule of Jenny Pen with Geoffrey Rush, and in the title role of JIMPA with Olivia Colman, which debuted at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Lithgow has starred in the hit TV shows 3^rd Rock from the Sun, Dexter, The Crown, and the recent The Old Man on FX. On stage, he has appeared on Broadway twenty-five times, including award-winning appearances in The Changing Room, M. Butterfly, Requiem for a Heavyweight, and the musicals Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Sweet Smell of Success. Upcoming, Lithgow will be seen as Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series for HBO. In November, Lithgow concluded a sold-out run of Giant at London’s Royal Court Theatre, where he starred as Roald Dahl. The production then transferred to the Harold Pinter Theatre on the West End for a limited run in Spring 2025. Lithgow won an Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance, with Giant also earning the award for Best New Play. For children, Lithgow has written several best-selling children’s picture books for Simon & Schuster. His recordings for kids have landed him four Grammy nominations , and he has appeared with a dozen major American orchestras in children’s concerts that feature many of his own songs. He wrote the narration for the New York City Ballet’s Carnival of the Animals in 2003 and danced the role of The Elephant. In 2011, a warm reception greeted Lithgow’s memoir Drama: An Actor’s Education, published by Harper Collins. Since 2019, he has written and illustrated the Dumpty Trilogy, three books of political satire from Chronicle Prism which achieved the remarkable feat of landing Lithgow on the New York Times non-fiction bestseller list for three consecutive years. Mr. Lithgow recently completed his term as co-chair of the Commission on the Arts of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, producing authoritative reports on America’s creative workforce and arts in education. The Commission’s deliberations also spawned Art Happens Here, a PBS documentary which highlights the importance of all the arts in the lives of young people.

Broadway: Jackie: An American Life (Theatre World Award), A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Old Acquaintance (Drama League Award nomination), Arcadia, The Columnist, Carousel (Equity’s Richard Seff Award). Off-Broadway/Regional: Aristocrats (Drama Desk Award nomination), Psychopathia Sexualis, Defiance (Drama Desk Award nomination), Hamlet (Delacorte Theater), Salome, Betrayal(The Actors Studio), City of Conversation (Arena Stage; Helen Hayes Award nomination), The Pentagon Papers (China tour), Sweet Bird of Youth (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Second Mrs. Wilson (Long Wharf), A Second of Pleasure (59E59), AdA (La Mama).  Television: Veep (Screen Actors Guild Award), Shades of Blue, Gossip Girl, Margo on As the World Turns, Now and Again, Leg Work, Sibs, The Wright Verdicts, Hallmark’s Three Wise Men Series, Time to Say Goodbye?, Hit and Run, Law and Order, Law and Order: SVU, Chicago Med, Chicago Hope, and Blue Bloods. Select Film: Independence Day, First Daughter, The Missing Person, Something Wild, and Unfaithful.

Stephen Kunken is thrilled to return to Kyoto at Lincoln Center, following acclaimed performances in both the RSC’s West End production and the original staging in Stratford-upon-Avon. He recently wrapped production on the BBC Comedy Twenty Twenty Six, created by John Morton (2012, W1A) and premiering in 2026, opposite series star Hugh Bonneville. He can also be heard on the BBC podcast Central Intelligence (Series 2). On screen, Kunken is known for his role as James Jesus Angleton in the BAFTA-nominated series A Spy Among Friends (BritBox), opposite Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce. He played Chief Compliance Officer Ari Spyros across all seven seasons of Showtime’s Billions and appeared as Commander Warren Putnam in five seasons of Hulu’s Emmy-winning The Handmaid’s Tale. His additional television credits include The Affair (Showtime), The Good Wife, Unforgettable, and Blue Bloods (CBS), The Sopranos (HBO), and The Apple Family Plays (PBS). Kunken’s film work includes standout roles in Café Society (dir. Woody Allen), Hillbilly Elegy (dir. Ron Howard), Jason Bourne (dir. Paul Greengrass), The Wolf of Wall Street (dir. Martin Scorsese), Bridge of Spies (dir. Steven Spielberg), and Taking Woodstock (dir. Ang Lee). His directorial debut, Before/During/After, won top prizes at four international film festivals and is distributed by Gravitas Ventures. Kunken is set to direct two upcoming features for Linden Lane Productions: The Wind Up, written by Peter Charles Melman, from a story by Melman and Kunken, and the previously announced The Red House by Richard Nelson. On Broadway, Kunken received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Andy Fastow in Enron (Broadhurst Theatre). Other Broadway credits include The Columnist (Samuel J. Friedman Theatre), High (Booth Theatre), Rock ‘n’ Roll and Frost/Nixon (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre), Festen (Music Box Theatre), and Proof (Walter Kerr Theatre). Recent off-Broadway credits include An American Daughter (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Apple Family Plays (The Public Theater), Nikolai and the Others (Lincoln Center Theater), and Our Town (Barrow Street Theatre).

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Brian J. Smith made his Broadway debut in Come Back, Little Sheba and went on to play featured roles in The Columnist and The Glass Menagerie. His off-Broadway credits include Good Boys and True and Three Changes.

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