Photos: Step Into Rehearsals for Broadway's Giant Ahead of 1st Preview

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

March 10, 2026 By Margaret Hall

The Broadway bow of Mark Rosenblatt's play Giant begins previews at the Music Box Theatre March 11, and Playbill has an intimate look at the show's rehearsal process ahead of its first bow.

Starring John Lithgow as children's book author Roald Dahl, the play will officially open March 23. Two-time Tony winner Nicholas Hytner is at the helm after staging the work's U.K. premiere.

Lithgow reprises his Olivier-winning performance from the play's West End run, alongside fellow London cast members 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.

Photos: First Rehearsal for Giant on Broadway

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 will also feature 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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