Giant – 02 April 2026 Many people walk through the world feeling small, not only in their personalities but also in their global impact. Renowned children’s book author Roald Dahl (John Lithgow) was no such…

Sometimes an actor gives such a commanding performance that he will always be that character. So it was with John Lithgow portraying Roald Dahl in the Olivier award- winning play Giant, recently transplanted to…

Giant marks a major arrival for Mark Rosenblatt, whose Olivier Award-winning play is now on Broadway with John Lithgow leading the charge. Long known as a theater director in the U.K. and beyond, Rosenblatt s…

“Giant,” the new play penned by Mark Rosenblatt that opened on Broadway refers to the well-known author of children’s books Roald Dahl. The word ‘Giant’ may pertain to Dahl standing six foot six inche…

Lithgow, 80, plays an intelligence agent in the FX action series The Old Man, and he's currently starring in the Broadway production of Giant, about a troubling side of children's author Roald Dahl.

This week on The Broadway Show, we're diving into some of the spring season's buzziest shows. Giant's playwright reveals what it's really like to work with John Lithgow, Schmigadoon!'s stars bring joy and laugh…

By David Sheward April 1, 2026: Two new Broadway plays are set in the last decades of the 20th century and based on real events. Both are startlingly relevant, foretelling fissures and fractious issues in our …

By Paulanne Simmons April 1, 2026: We all know (or should know) that children’s author Roald Dahl was an antisemite. But before seeing Mark Rosenblatt’s Giant, recently transferred to Broadway from the Wes…

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Broadway – Music Box Theater: 239 West 45 Street. March 23-June 28, 2026. Drama. Author: Mark Rosenblatt. Director: Nicholas Hytner. 2 hrs, 15 min. Critic: David Sheward (March 2026). **** Giant (at the Music…

Franklin & Marshall College is renaming its Green Room Theatre the James Lapine Theater in tribute to one of the college's most accomplished performing arts graduates. Lapine graduated from Franklin & M…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Mark Rosenblatt, the Olivier Award-winning theater and film writer and director whose debut play Giant opened last week on Broadway in a critically acclaimed production starring John L…

The play is preachy. But John Lithgow is magnificent.

Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson talk about Giant, Every Brilliant Thing, Masquerade, Mexodus @ Daryl Roth Theatre, Monte Cristo @ Theatre at St. Jean’s, Maltby & Shire�…

ADMISSION – Never knew much about the author Roald Dahl, let alone how to pronounce his name correctly BUT I was extremely curious to see GIANT a play about him by Mr. Mark Rosenblatt. I have a hard time with…

The two actors previously squared off at the 2025 Olivier Awards where Lithgow prevailed.

It doesn’t matter that this debate never took place because, aside from an overly contrived moment regarding Jessie’s copy of Dahl's review, it’s plausible enough to believe in, and it makes for a memorab…

Mark Rosenblatt's knotty play about the author Roald Dahl transfers to Broadway with a generational performance by John Lithgow. Lane Williamson reviews. The post Review: Giant at The Music Box appeared first o…

The theatrical event of the season.

Stephen Sondheim’s Roxbury home was a welcome exurban retreat for the legendary composer, a place where he could escape the pressures of New York, create in a bucolic atmosphere and relax with those closest t…

Talent can dazzle. It can seduce. Giant makes uncomfortably clear, it can also just under the surface waiting to be unleashed. Mark Rosenblatt’s sharply constructed Broadway debut, now playing at the Music Bo…

It’s The Broadway Show, the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program spotlights exclusive A-list celebrities, the unsung heroes of Broadway and behind-the-scenes stories on Bro…

Giant tells the true story of children’s author Roald Dahl and the scandal that tarnished his legacy. Written by Mark Rosenblatt and directed by Nicholas Hytner, John Lithgow reprises his Olivier-winning rol…

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Last week was pretty, pretty good on Broadway. Receipts were up almost $5 million thanks in part to school being out in a lot of places. “Hamilton” and “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” led the way wi…

Big things are happening at the Music Box Theatre! Just last night, March 23, Mark Rosenblatt’s Olivier Award-winning play Giant officially opened. Below, check out photos from the star-studded red carpet, w…

The Music Box Theatre was the place to be last night, March 23, as Mark Rosenblatt’s Olivier Award-winning play Giant officially opened. It is led by two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow as Roald Dahl and …

Matt breaks down the reviews for the Broadway premiere of ‘Giant’ Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] an…

"I don't think I even dreamed this big. I think I was just hopeful to get to Broadway and maybe like say a line and sweep the stage. The fact that I get to do it with these incredible actors and get to say more…

John Lithgow stars as children's author Roald Dahl in the Mark Rosenblatt drama.

There’s no question that John Lithgow is one of our finest actors whether on stage or screen. So only he could pull off a dazzling performance as an absolutely vile person with no redeeming qualities. That wo…

Broadway’s recent spring arrivals enjoyed robust box office last week, with Cats: The Jellicle Ball and Dog Day Afternoon selling out and Giant, Becky Shaw, Death of a Salesman and The Fear of 13 coming withi…

"I don't think I even dreamed this big. I think I was just hopeful to get to Broadway and maybe like say a line and sweep the stage. The fact that I get to do it with these incredible actors and get to say more…

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 3/22/2026 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section. Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative …

Hear from Olivier winner John Lithgow and the company of GIANT as they celebrate the acclaimed play's Broadway opening. Get tickets to GIANT: https://www.broadway.com/shows/giant/?campaign_id=TBSYouTube2026

The cast of Giant—John Lithgow, Aya Cash, Elliot Levey, Rachael Stirling and Stella Everett—stepped out onto the red carpet for the play’s opening night. Directed by Nicholas Hytner and written by Mark …

The actor won an Olivier Award for the show's London run and is a Tony frontrunner for the Broadway production.

Performances are now underway for GIANT, the Olivier Award-winning play by Mark Rosenblatt, starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl. The production officially opened on March 23 at the Music Box Theatre. Check out…

A world-famous children’s author under threat. A battle of wills in the wake of a scandal. And one chance to make amends. Following an acclaimed West End run and three Olivier Awards, GIANT tells the story of…

Nicholas Hytner directs a riveting production that feels much shorter than its two-hour, 15-minute run time, with the supporting cast rising to the high bar Lithgow sets. The post Giant on Broadway, How Roald D…

Mark Rosenblatt’s play Giant is brilliantly structured, quite funny and, in Nicholas Hytner’s production, superbly acted by a cast led by John Lithgow. I wish it didn’t irk me the way it did… For all it…

Lithgow — so nimble and charismatic and then suddenly so imposing, with no aversion to the grotesque — knows how to bring out the insecurity that almost always festers at the center of any performatively se…

In Mark Rosenblatt’s play, a powerful portrayal of the beloved children’s book author who almost gleefully exposes his bigotry.

The Mark Rosenblatt play sees Lithgow becoming children's book author Roald Dahl.

I can see three main reasons why some theatergoers might want to sympathize with the antisemite at the center of the incendiary true incident being dramatized in  “Giant.” The man, for one, is Roald Dahl, …

Reviews are in for GIANT, the Olivier Award-winning play by Mark Rosenblatt, now on Broadway starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, the production is playing a limited 16-week engagem…

★★★☆☆ Playwright Mark Rosenblatt, director Nicholas Hytner, actor John Lithgow let furiously loose The post Giant: Author/Antisemite Roald Dahl Erupts Volcanically appeared first on New York Stage Rev…

Theatrely's Broadway review of Giant by Mark Rosenblatt and directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Aya Cash and John Lithgow at the Music Box Theatre in New York City.

Watching “Giant,” opening March 23 on Broadway after a much-hailed run on London’s West End, one is left with little wonder how its protagonist, Roald Dahl, achieved such success as a writer for children.…

Mark Rosenblatt’s meaty debate-drama, which opened Monday night at the Music Box Theatre, shows a much uglier side of the clever mind behind “Matilda,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “The BFG …

The ferocity of John Lithgow’s explosive performance as Roald Dahl – the children’s author as reviled by some as he was beloved by others – seems to show itself right from the start of Mark Rosenblatt�…

They say that you should never meet your heroes. Fans of the late British children’s author Roald Dahl, creator of Willy Wonka, Matilda, and James and the Giant Peach, are in for a very rude awakening in Mark…

★★★★☆ John Lithgow plays famed author Roald Dahl in Mark Rosenblatt’s play directed by Nicholas Hytner The post Giant: Antisemitism Laid Bare appeared first on New York Stage Review.

Jensen Ackles, Sarah Paulson, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson are among the stars at GIANT’s Broadway opening night in New York City tonight. The three-time Olivier Award-winning play, starring John Lithgow, share…

John Lithgow returns to Broadway in GIANT portraying children’s author Roald Dahl in the critically acclaimed and Olivier Award winning play. The stars of the play walk their opening night red carpet. See t…

Ready to see your next Broadway show? Of course you are! Let BroadwayWorld and Ticketmaster be your guide to which plays and musicals are the most buzz-worthy this week. Check out the shows we recommend that yo…

The children's book author was once accused of antisemitism. The Broadway play Giant unpacks that.

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For the week ending March 15, the 28 running productions grossed $32,759,044.

The John Lithgow-led play will welcome New York-based playwrights for a dedicated performance.

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 3/15/2026 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section. Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative …

The Mark Rosenblatt play arrives in New York after an acclaimed engagement in London's West End.

GIANT, starring two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow as Roald Dahl and directed by two-time Tony Award winner Nicholas Hytner, will host Playwrights’ Night On Broadway this evening, March 17, at the Music …

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The Mark Rosenblatt play arrives in New York after an acclaimed engagement in London's West End.

Mark Rosenblatt’s Olivier Award-winning play Giant, starring two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow as Roald Dahl and directed by two-time Tony Award winner Nicholas Hytner, began performances on Broadway la…

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Olivier-winning play about Roald Dahl arrives from London’s West End By Ross John Lithgow steps onto the Broadway stage tonight in a role that has already electrified theatre audienc…

The Mark Rosenblatt play comes to Broadway from London's West End starring John Lithgow.

The spring theater season is in motion, and in Part Two of our Spring Preview, host Patrick Pacheco and a powerhouse panel dig into the plays shaping the conversation on Broadway and Off-Broadway. This episode …

The Olivier Award-winning West End transfer of Giant begins performances on Broadway March 11, ahead of a March 23 opening night. The production will play a limited 16-week engagement through June 28 at the Mu…

The Mark Rosenblatt play comes to Broadway from London's West End starring John Lithgow.

Following two critically acclaimed sold-out runs in the UK, the Olivier-award winning production of Mark Rosenblatt’s GIANT, directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring John Lithgow, has officially landed on Bro…

Two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow is back on Broadway in Giant, a new play exploring the darker side of celebrated children's author Roald Dahl. Lithgow reprises his Olivier Award-winning performance as D…

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The Mark Rosenblatt play comes to Broadway from London's West End beginning March 11.