Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. In GIANT LOVE, author/playwright Julie Gilbert, Ferber's great-niece, ...

There have been many stories about Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean bonding during the production of George Stevens’ epic “Giant” in Marfa, Texas, in 1955. Though not exactly a “Harold & Maude” ...

Perhaps the most enduring scene in “Giant,” the 1956 movie based on Edna Ferber’s novel of the same name, is the moment when Jett Rink, played by James Dean, strikes oil on his bleak West Texas patch ...

“Why,” Elizabeth Taylor’s character Leslie Lynnton Benedict says upon arriving in her new home in the motion picture “Giant,” “you talk about Texas as if it were a state of mind.” No doubt that same ...

In her day, Edna Ferber was one of America’s most famous and successful writers, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1925. “Show Boat,” the much revived musical, is based on her novel. “Stage Door,” the ...

The life and work of a beloved award-winning author is at the heart of a new book written by her great-niece — who happens to be a mainstay in Palm Beach County's arts and culture scene. Author Julie ...