BIG
 


12-year-old Josh Baskin finds a machine that tells him to make a wish. The next morning josh awakens to find his wish come true. He is big. He lands a job at Maximillion toys, where he meets Susan, who falls in love with him. Torn between his job, the new love interest, and his kid friend, Josh makes the hardest decision of his life- he knows he no longer need be big.

 


1996 Theatre World Award
Brett Tabisel

BROADWAY PREMIERE
April 26, 1996, played 193 performances
 
COMPOSER
David Shire

LYRICIST
Richard Maltby Jr.

LIBRETTIST
John Weidman
 
ORIGINAL CAST
Patrick Levis, Daniel Jenkins, Brett Tabsiel, Crista Moore, and Jon Cypher

DIRECTOR
Mike Ockrent

CHOREOGRAPHER
Susan Stroman
 
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

PRODUCTION RIGHTS
Music Theatre International

LYRICS
libretto.musicals.ru
 
 
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