Mark Rosenblatt‘s play Giant, currently running on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre and a 2026 Tony nominee for Best Play, will hit movie theatres this fall, with screenings set to begin November 19 in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, and other international territories.

Tickets will go on sale July 9. Check GiantInCinemas.com to find a screening near you.

The broadcast will feature a filmed, live performance from the play’s run in London’s West End, with John Lithgow starring as children’s book author Roald Dahl opposite co-stars Aya Cash (The Boys) as U.S. publisher Jessie Stone; Elliot Levey as Dahl’s jewish publisher, Tom Maschler; and Rachael Stirling as Felicity Crosland. All four are currently reprising their performances in the play’s Broadway bow. The film will also feature Tessa Bonham Jones as Hallie and Richard Hope as Wally.

The play is currently nominated for four 2026 Tony Awards, including Best Play, Leading Actor for Lithgow, Featured Actress for Cash, and Direction for Nicholas Hytner. The London run won three 2025 Olivier Awards, taking Best New Play, Lead Actor for Lithgow, and Supporting Actor for Maschler.

Giant is one of two (so far) of this season’s plays that will broadcast live stage films. Roundabout Theatre Company’s Fallen Angels will also livestream a performance in JuneGiant‘s screenings are being produced by Brian and Dayna Lee, Stephanie Kramer and Nicole Kramer, Josh Fiedler and Robyn Goodman, and Royal Court Theatre, in partnership with Trafalgar Releasing.

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The work 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.

“In my 53 year, 25-show career on Broadway, I’ve rarely experienced the kind of audience response that we feel night after night with Giant,” says Lithgow in a statement. “Mark Rosenblatt has written a play of extraordinary intelligence and humanity, and with every performance I can sense the audience wrestling with its questions in real time. This is the unique power of theatre at its best. I’m thrilled that our production will now reach movie theatres around the world, allowing even more people to experience the urgency, impact, and emotional force of this story.”

“When I began to write Giant, my first play, I never dreamed that it would be seen by so many—at the Royal Court, in the West End and, now, on Broadway. That the play, and this exquisite cast’s stellar performances, might now be experienced by a yet wider audience around the world with a new kind of immediacy and intimacy—close-up, at a cinema—is, to me at least, giddy-makingly astounding.”

The production also features scenic and costume design by Bob Crowley, lighting design by Anna Watson, sound design by Darron L West.

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