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A marriage lasting twenty seven years - not without problems. Set against the background of The Lone Star State - TEXAS.  He, Jordan “Bick” Benedict (Brian D’Arcy Ja…
- In a season dominated by musical revivals, a new musical that more than lives up to its title, has finally opened . . . Read More
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While not yet quite ready for the presumably hoped-for jump uptown, this engrossing musical is already pretty swell.
There are moments of pure joy and moments of sadness. Of excitement and of stillness set against the panoramic skies of Texas
As befits its title, the new musical "Giant" doesn't lack for ambition. Based on Edna Ferber's Texas saga " which inspired a classic 1956 movie with James Dean " this isn't the intimate tune…
The news out of Texas the night I saw the musical "Giant" was that a Texas school district had \canceled a play about two gay penguins; that  a third George Bush " George P. Bush " was th…
"Giant." 4 stars. Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St. Through Dec. 2. Tickets: $85-$95; (212) 967-7555.
Gazing out at their vast Texas spread, cattle …
NEW YORK (AP) " Beware of allowing tradition to blind you to the benefits of progress. That's one message from the aptly-titled "Giant," the robust, polished, three-hour new musical that ope…
For all the fuss that's made during it about endless tracts of earth unfolding beneath infinite horizons, Giant . . . is strangely cramped and cluttered ...
Long before the nighttime drama of the Ewings on Dallas came the sprawling tale of the Texan Benedict clan in Edna Ferber's 1952 novel, Giant. The book, of course, went on to become a class…
Brian D'Arcy James and Kate Baldwin star in "Giant," a musical adaptation of Edna Ferber's multigenerational novel of a Texas family, with a soaring score by Michael John LaChiusa.
The authors of the new musical “Giant” possess the same soaring ambition that motivates their larger-than-life characters. Book writer Sybille Pearson and composer-lyricist Micha…
The authors of the new musical “Giant” possess the same soaring ambition that motivates their larger-than-life characters. Book writer Sybille Pearson and composer-lyricist Micha…
Brian d'Arcy James, Kate Baldwin and PJ Griffith star with Katie Thompson and Michele Pawk in the new musical Giant, adapted by Michael John LaChiusa (music and lyrics) and Sybille Pearson…
Sweet Smell of Success, Shrek and "Smash" star Brian d'Arcy James steps into the cowboy boots of Texas rancher Bick Benedict in the new musical Giant at the Public Theater.
Age & Hometown: 32; South Windsor, CT
Current Role: Surly ranchhand-turned-oil tycoon Jett Rink, whose rivalry with a Texan cattleman drives the action in the Public Theater’s p…
The Public Theater presents the New York premiere production of Giant, an epic love story with book by Sybille Pearson and music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa. Currently in previews at…
The musical version of "Giant" traveled a long road to the stage, becoming a bit smaller along the way.
Wrangle up a date and high-step down to the Public Theater for opening night of Giant, a musical adaptation of Edna Ferber’s novel that makes its New York premiere on November 15.…
Edna Ferber's 1952 novel Giant, capturing a moment in American history as the landscape of Texas changed from open cattle country to a skyline studded with oil derricks, is transformed i…
Playbill.com's weekly planner reminds you that Drood's Mystery continues at Studio 54… Cheyenne Jackson is "Mandrew" and Henry Winkler is "Mr. Wood" (immat…
They say that everything is bigger in Texas…including the musicals! The Public Theater is presenting the NYC premiere of Giant, a musical based on the 1952 novel by Edna Ferber. We du…
Today is the birthday of Martin Van Buren Bates, the Kentucky Giant (1837-1919). Normal at birth, he started in a-growin’ at around age 6. By the time he was 12, he was 6 foot tall and…
It's been nearly three years " too long " since Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin ("Finian's Rainbow") has woven her silky voice around a new musical role in New York.
In the Public Theater’s production of the new musical Giant, Texas springs to life in a sprawling story about money, power, greed and family in the Southwest heartland. Brian d’A…
