Silver Whisper - An aside with John Lithgow

**Ally** · 04-29-2008, 02:33 PM

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Silver Whisper will welcome award-winning actor John Lithgow as a celebrity speaker aboard its July 5 voyage from Athens to Venice.

Guests will be treated to a portion of Lithgow's new one-man show, Stories by Heart, now playing a limited engagement at the Mitzi E Newhouse Theater in New York.

The show is a comic meditation on the art and essence of storytelling. Invoking memories of his grandmother and father before him, Lithgow traces his own history as an actor and storyteller across thrtee generations.

"We're honoured to have such a renowned stage, film and television actor on board to entertain our guests," said Cliff Perry, Silversea's Director of Entertainment. "The intimate, club-like ambience of Silver Whisper will make it the perfect venue to showcase Mr Lithgow's formidable talents."

Lithgow is also a New York Times best-selling author of children's books and has sung in concerts for children with the Chicago, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Baltimore and San Diego symphony orchestras and at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St Luke's.

The July 5 cruise departs from Athens for Kalamata, Argostoli, Kotor, Dubrovnik and Split, with an overnight stay in Venice. Early Booking Incentive fares for this seven-day voyage start at £3,105 per person.

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