Lithgow, Metcalf Each Win Third Tony Award at 79th Ceremony

On a June evening in New York, two performers who have spent lifetimes moving between the bright lights of Hollywood and the demanding intimacy of the stage were each handed a third Tony Award — a number that speaks less to accumulation than to devotion. John Lithgow, honoring the complicated humanity of Roald Dahl in 'Giant,' and Laurie Metcalf, anchoring the grief of 'Death of a Salesman' as Linda Loman, reminded a watching world that the theater rewards those who keep returning to it. Their victories, arriving within the first half hour of the 79th Tony Awards, were not merely personal mile