Photos: The Pitt's Isa Briones and Patrick Ball Attend Giant’s Broadway Opening

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

March 24, 2026 By Logan Culwell-Block, Margaret Hall

Isa Briones and Patrick Ball (Tricia Baron)

March 23 was opening night for Giant at Broadway's Music Box Theatre, and the stars were out to support!

The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector, Rebecca Hall, Sarah Paulson, Schele Williams, Sara Bareilles, Bobby Cannavale, Blythe Danner, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Joe Tippett, Santino Fontana, Isa Briones and Patrick Ball (costars in HBO's The Pitt), and more were there to cheer on the company—led by John Lithgow, starring as children's book author Roald Dahl. See the stars in the red carpet photo gallery below.

See what critics had to say about the Mark Rosenblatt play here.

Photos: Giant Opening Night on Broadway

The production comes to the Main Stem after a U.K. world premiere in London's West End last year. Both director, two-time Tony winner Nicholas Hytner, and star Lithgow are reprising their work in the transfer, alongside Elliot Levey, reprising his Olivier-winning performance as Dahl's Jewish publisher, Tom Maschler; Aya Cash (The Boys) as U.S. publisher Jessie Stone; and Rachael Stirling as Felicity Crosland.

They are supported by Stella Everett (Running Point) as Hallie and David Manis (To Kill a Mockingbird) as Wally, along with understudies Geoffrey Cantor (The Lehman Trilogy), Annie Hägg (Hunters), Eleanor Handley (Unforgettable), and Paul O'Brien (Six Degrees of Separation). Casting is by Daniel Swee.

The play comes on the heels of a broader cultural conversation about Dahl's work and the prejudice that was embedded in many of his stories. In 2023, hundreds of words in Dahl's books were either altered or omitted from future printings in order to remove countless negative references to race, skin color, ethnicity, gender, disabilities, and more.

The London production earned three 2025 Olivier Awards, including Best New Play alongside Lithgow and Levey's acting wins. Read what critics had to say about the U.K. run here.

The production also features scenic and costume design by Bob Crowley, lighting design by Anna Watson, sound design by Darron L West, wig, hair, and makeup design by Campbell Young Associates, and production management by Juniper Street Productions.

Brian and Dayna Lee, Stephanie Kramer and Nicole Kramer, Josh Fiedler and Robyn Goodman, and Royal Court Theatre are producing the transfer.

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