Today in the roundup: A song from Giant, a high schooler’s long road to the DMA and the end of an era.

This week, we discuss Iran’s best foreign film nominee and Dustin Hoffman’s jump to television.

Plus a photo walk-through of what the still-under-construction Museum of Nature & Science looks like now — about a year before it opens.

Today in the roundup: DMA extends Gaultier hours, SXSW announces film lineup and Fort Worth gets a recording studio.

‘Giant’ means big, of course – as in the biggest world-premiere the Dallas Theater Center has ever attempted. And composer Michael John LaChiusa’s musical adaption of Gient certainly looks and sounds splendid. It’s the story that’s the trouble – always has been.

Here’s your chance to see the dance documentary before it opens.

There’s sixty years of history behind Giant,, the big-budget musical opening at the Dallas Theater Center. When it came out, Edna Ferber’s novel angered many Texans. Four years later, the movie version became Warner Brothers’ biggest hit. It always helps if you make us look like Elizabeth Taylor or James Dean.

Today on the podcast, we discuss a movie that received a couple of Oscar nominations and have a conversation with perhaps our most entertaining interview subject to date.

Did you catch Terry Gross on The Colbert Report Wednesday night? If not, here’s your chance to right that wrong.

Today in the roundup: A major Chihuly show coming to town, the making of Giant and a comedy duo for classical music.