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GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End

GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End

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Dylan Smith4
#1GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End
Posted: 11/21/24 at 7:30am

The play will run at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 26 April to 2 August. 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/GIANT-Starring-John-Lithgow-Will-Transfer-to-the-West-End-20241121


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JasonC3
#2GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End
Posted: 11/21/24 at 7:48am

A really great production and anyone traveling to see it could also catch Here We Are at the National, 23 April — 28 June 2025.

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Jay Lerner-Z
#3GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End
Posted: 11/21/24 at 9:11am

Into the Woods

Les Miserbables


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#4GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End
Posted: 11/21/24 at 9:48am

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Into the Woods

Les Miserbables
"

It doesn't take much to confuse me but totally lost on this one.


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#5GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End
Posted: 11/21/24 at 10:07am

Easily the best show on my last trip - which also included the remarkable Oedipus and Macbeth. When this inevitably makes it to Broadway, Lithgow is all but guaranteed the Tony. 

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Jordan Catalano
#6GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End
Posted: 11/21/24 at 10:12am

Nothing could top “Oedipus” for me but “Giant” came damn close. Lithgow is coming for the Olivier and then most probably for the Tony, with this one. 

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TotallyEffed
#7GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End
Posted: 11/21/24 at 10:22am

Hope this comes to New York. Any whispers of Oedipus coming over?

Updated On: 11/21/24 at 10:22 AM

BoringBoredBoard40
#8GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End
Posted: 11/21/24 at 11:35am

this has a commitment from the Shuberts 

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Jordan Catalano
#9GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End
Posted: 11/21/24 at 11:37am

I hope so. I can’t imagine a world where he doesn’t bring this to NY. 

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#10GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End
Posted: 11/21/24 at 12:27pm

Huss417 said: "Jay Lerner-Z said: "Into the Woods

Les Miserbables
"

It doesn't take much to confuse me but totally lost on this one.
"

Oops, I thought I was on the Jon M. Chu thread. Also I made a typo. It was early and I was tired. M’apologies.


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TotallyEffed
#11GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End
Posted: 11/21/24 at 12:41pm

Lithgow would be a good Narrator/Thénardier

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Jay Lerner-Z
#12GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End
Posted: 11/21/24 at 12:58pm

Hm, true. Thénardier usually requires a classist Cockney accent... can John Lithgow do that? Probably.

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Seeing as I'm here... is The Witches antisemitic or not? I remember mentioning this when The Witches musical was first announced, but generally people seemed to disagree with me. Maybe I am misremembering. Does this play deal with The Witches specifically?

Should The Witches Be Cancelled? Jewish Chronicle


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#13GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End
Posted: 11/21/24 at 1:10pm

I personally don't think The Witches is antisemitic, per se, but many people see within it antisemitic tropes (as well as misogynistic tropes). Dahl's own explicitly antisemitic comments have certainly colored how people view his books.


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Jay Lerner-Z
#14GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End
Posted: 11/21/24 at 1:14pm

Probably, yeah. Thanks.

I wonder if that’s what stalled the progress of the NT production, or if it was just a dud.


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Georgeanddot2
#15GIANT Starring John Lithgow to Transfer to the West End
Posted: 11/21/24 at 1:24pm

Who's playing the James Dean role?


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