Lithgow Raising Funds for Montana Theater

CONRAD, Mont. – Two-time Tony award winner John Lithgow plans to return to his wife’s hometown next month for a benefit to help restore a local theater.

Lithgow, who starred in the TV series “Third Rock from the Sun,” is scheduled to perform July 2 as part of a benefit to help pay the $250,000 price tag for restoration of the Orpheum Theatre-Wiegand Auditorium.

The nonprofit Pondera Arts Council purchased the facility in 2001. Council president Helen Eliot said Lithgow plans to tailor his show to children ages 3-8.

Lithgow’s wife, Mary Yeager Lithgow, is a UCLA professor from Conrad.

Tickets for the benefit go on sale Monday through Wednesday only at the theater’s box office.

Most recently, Lithgow starred in “The Retreat From Moscow” on Broadway.