"Giant" at The Public

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 26, 2012

Michael John LaChiusa, who did the music and lyrics for “Giant,” the new musical based on the classic novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber, talks about the production, along with Brian D'Arcy James, who stars as Bick, and Kate Baldwin, who stars as Leslie. “Giant” is playing at the Public Theater through December 16.

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