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Read http://t.co/bX2VyMZe9x for the best portrait ever of #PhilJackson.Thoughts and prayers to all the courageous #Sooners in Tornado Alley.

The NYTimes raves about 2 books by friend Elinor Lipman. Very proud. http://t.co/ZZcWaqFwV8

So great to be back in Philly and rejoining PA Ballet for #Carnival of the Animals, 5 times this weekend.

FYI, for new US fans of Brit football: a derby (DAR-bee) match is between crosstown rivals. Go Reds! Beat Everton! #YNWAAnswer: Seth McFarlane. This town is Hollywood Southwest.Back in Santa Fe for my last shooting day on #TheHomesman. Who should I meet in the hotel hallway, directing another SF flick?Stones great last night. Man, can those old guys rock. I stood between P Jackson and P Gasol feeling downright petite.

Seeing the #Stones tonight with an old Staples Center pal (much) taller than me, if a little less bald.

@John_Lithgow Hope it included watching the 6-0 hammering of Newcastle by Liverpool #YNWA
Retweeted by John_Lithgow5/2 I write 12 tweets at one sitting. A first. Next week I finish with Tommy Lee Jones then off to Philly: #ThePennsylvaniaBallet!!4/30 A singing lesson with the ultimate voice teacher Joan Lader. Now why should I be taking voice lessons? Watch this space.4/29 #HereLiesLove at the Public Theater, a co-creation of the whiz kids David Byrne, Fat Boy Slim, and Alex Timbers. Wonderful.4/28 The dazzling #Matilda on B'way with the outrageous Bertie Carvel. What a performance. Friend James Corden is there, another great.4/25 I host Harvard Arts medal winner Matt Damon in Cambridge. Very moving: he's a son of Boston and it's a week after its terrible events.4/23 Home in LA for a brief respite, I get two great gigs voicing animated characters. A hint: one's for ABC-TV, one's for Pixar.4/18 I speechify for 2000 people in Akron OH and visit my old haunts from 9th and 10th grade. My first time back in 52 years.4/13 I read a poem in memory of Gladys Yeager, my beloved mother-in-law, at her funeral in Conrad MT. The whole town attends.4/11 I trot on a mule all morning with Tommy Lee Jones barking directions from 200 yards away.4/10 I visit 5 Santa Fe Museums and an opera house in Santa Fe and eat dinner that night at Geronimo's.4/5 I spend an entire day acting with the wonderful Hilary Swank in a sod hut on a flat plain: Nebraska, 1855.I've been a shameful non-tweeter. Here follows a 10-tweet recap of a packed 4 weeks....

Remembering #RogerEbert and his weeklong visit to our movie set in the Amazon jungle a year before its release. The man loved movies.

Joining old friend Tommy Lee Jones tomorrow in New Mexico on his film #TheHomesman, my first glimpse ever of Santa Fe.

Sad passing of Richard Griffiths, great and twinkly English character man. Theater mourns.

Yes! http://t.co/VvzmRxtYU7
Retweeted by John_LithgowOnly just caught up with the last #DavidAnsen piece for Newsweek before it shut down: http://t.co/vNqM9mXTN2Journalism has lost Anthony Lewis, great man, good friend http://t.co/qeyd1WtQL0Just been watching this - The Making of 'The Four Yorkshiremen' by Comedy Masterclass http://t.co/KyBvTRX8rs
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Disoriented: back in LA after 6 months away, opening 4 month old Christmas cards and outdated Oscar campaign flyers.

@CEdwardsActor Charles, hi, I miss all of you at the National. And thanks for the link.Here's a treat. Read http://t.co/fdgAqGdIXI then watch http://t.co/vqJM2ELaiF from the National's new show #ThisHouse

Interested in history? David Hwang's M BUTTERFLY opened on Broadway 25 years ago tonight, an opening night that changed a lot of lives.

Saw twin geniuses Bill Irwin and David Shiner, hilarious in #OldHats at the Signature Theater. If ur in NY, do not miss this.

Wept all through CAROUSEL and ONCE this weekend. I'm such a sucker for sentimental musicals. That and EPL football. A little schizo?

Today #LUIS is the Trinity Killer.Suarez hat trick! I may be back in NY but I'm paying attention. #YNWA

Great perfs on B'way from #Steppenwolf alums, Laurie Metcalf and the cast of VIRGINIA WOOLF. As George, Tracy Letts outdoes me (1990).

Back in NY after 5 mos in UK and headed to Lower E side to @HearthRestaurant to welcome myself back

Departing London for NY after a final #MAGISTRATE matinee, full of laughter and tears. I'll miss this city and everyone in it.

Thanks to all for the warm response to #NTLive airing of THE MAGISTRATE this week. We're very proud over at the National.

My love letter to #TheNationalTheatre http://t.co/pXLD9TrX

Happy New Year all! We led the crowd in Auld Lang Syne from the stage of the National in London today. Sweet!

A great time at LAMDA my old drama school this morning talking to the new generation, about The Magistrate and everything else.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! Today I feel like the only Yank in all of Great Britain.

Just ran into the great Alan Bennett on Gloucester Rd who wished me well on my opening night. Where but London?Press night tonight for #THEMAGISTRATE at The National and we expect to have our usual ball. I love this cast! Wish us well.

I'll talk to Graham Norton on BBC2 in the UK Saturday at 11:30PM about our first 3 (terrific!) previews of #TheMagistrate at The National.

A piece in the FT that captures the spirit of #TheMagistrate at the National Theatre, 4 days before we start shows: http://t.co/a8lmFv3w

THE MAGISTRATE, a Victorian farce, circa 1885, hence the #muttonchops. First performance on the 14th and it's starting to look great!

@John_Lithgow giving it loads to You'll Never Walk Alone. http://t.co/GbBmwbzS
Retweeted by John_LithgowA life changing day at Anfield. I took my pal, rabid Red @benekelly whom everyone mistook for Michael J. Fox. #YNWA!Sunday's a big day. I visit a venerable UK football stadium for the first time. #YNWA!

@StephenFry, from one Malvolio to another, you were wonderful!Saw a memorable 12th Night in the West End with Mark Rylance and my pal #StephenFry. We all stood and cheered for Shakespeare.A strange feeling rehearsing a UK farce during a week of cataclysm in the Northeast US. Here's to a return of power and dry ground.

Bone weary. Victorian farce turns out to be extremely athletic. But it's starting to get really fun. In London? Come to #The Magistrate.

An instructive day on the London Underground. Lesson one: avoid the Circle Line on weekends.

End of the third week of rehearsal of The Magistrate @NationalTheatre. Half-way through. We celebrated @John_Lithgow's birthday in harmony.
Retweeted by John_LithgowThanks for all the tweeted birthday greetings, and thanks #playbill.com for archiving me http://t.co/Uk9oDijm I feel old!

Great day in rehEarsals for #TheMagistrate at the NT: they've given me a PATTER SONG!!

Back in London having flown to #Dartmouth and back since Friday for a Saturday PM show. Old England to New England to Old in 72 hrs. Phew.

#Dexter fans, have you seen this? http://t.co/lVm5J82m

@MimiKennedyLA Mimi! Fellow Rochesterian! (though I barely deserve the moniker).We're excited to announce the @ntlive broadcast of THE MAGISTRATE starring @John_Lithgow 1/18 & 1/25...
Retweeted by John_LithgowFirst day rehearsing THE MAGISTRATE at The National in London with an incredible cast, barely noticed the jet lag. And #LFC's got a win!

Just back from my Rochester show. Born here, left at age 2, so it wasn't the return of the Prodigal Son but the Prodigal Toddler.

3rd airport in 3 days. KC, Memphis, now Rochester where I do my solo show Thursday at the #AuditoriumTheater. Vaudeville is alive!

A matinee concert with the terrific #KCSymphony, actually got a standing ovation from pre-schoolers. Fun!

#StoriesByHeart on the road next week, to Lawrence KS, Bartlett TN, Rochester and Buffalo. Check http://t.co/98rfoSBy for details. Come.@julebananas Look a new kids book next year. It'll be called Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo, from #Simon&Schuster

Soon to start on THE MAGISTRATE in UK, here portrayed by the great #GeraldScarfe: http://t.co/fijTih7o

Nothing said about the arts and humanities in Tampa this week. I scared this up from last year http://t.co/4ynvABER

Joining KC Symphony for concert for kids, Sept 16. Come! http://t.co/fKHxyvkR

Laughed so hard at #TheCampaign premiere that I forgot I was in it. Will and Zach so great.

Such a great time watching #SteveMartin and the Steep Canyon guys on a Missoula MT baseball field. Mountains! Sunset! Bluegrass!

Sad to note passing of #TomDavis who had a hand in the best gags of our lives. RIP.

THE COLUMNIST finished on Sunday and I'm still all sappy about it. The good news, I may have another stage gig. Watch this space.

Nora E. is gone and there's a little less laughter in the world. Rest in peace.

Yep, This Is 40. Dazzling. Wait for it.Saw a screening of a great comedy, ranks with Annie Hall. #AnyGuesses? 2 hints: I'm in it (briefly) and it's not out until December.

Read the raves for #The Newlyweds, new novel by Nell Freudenberger http://t.co/d2BjIYsO I just finished it and it's tremendousA wonderful ebook for kids from #NBCPublishing, featuring some of my best Broadway pals: http://t.co/aHis7oIb

I'm in such a funny movie! Due August 10: http://t.co/zz843SpY

#PhilipSeymourHoffmann on CBS this AM. My kind of actor. But all 3 of his names beg to be misspelled.

All good thoughts to @MJMcKean. Stable, thank goodness, but blindsided by bad luck. Come back to Broadway soon, Michael.

Mr & Mrs #TommyLeeJones at the show tonight. I got to introduce TLJ to the Gummer girls, Grace and Mamie, daughters of his movie wife.

I took one look at my charades clue on @jimmyfallon last night and knew I was in big trouble. #Dictator!

Welcome back to the Premier League, WHU. So exciting even for a neutral. One thing American sports lacks: #Relegation.

A melancholy moment for Liverpool, the departure of King Kenny. On to a better season. #YNWA.http://t.co/Bip82YLH has weighed in this morning, too. It appears to be Life Achievement Day: http://t.co/hm03HH3Shttp://t.co/lB1u8Tcl has archived me. I'm feeling a little embalmed this morning: http://t.co/37gp8IS5

An hour with Chris Hardwick on his podcast where we talk about everything http://t.co/7dKe6HsK

@BrianJacobSmith Thanks, Brian, and back at you!Just had a great time talking with Chris Hardwick on his #Nerdcast. Being Tony-nominated this morning helped. http://t.co/s8nhOJcw

Somehow I squeezed in a visit to Harvard this week to interview pal and Arts Medal honoree #TommyLeeJones http://t.co/9XZKDPaXA day off after the #COLUMNIST opening night and a 5-show weekend. What do I do? Take a deep breath and TWEET.

great notices for HBO's #Girls, starting Sunday, another Apatow entry.

Mr&Mrs #DanAykroyd came to The Columnist, the first I've seen Danny since we played The Motch Brothers in #TheCampaign (out this summer).

Friends and followers, you gotta see #TheColumnist on Broadway. First performance tonight was huge.