With dazzling imagination and sublime control, the show’s cast and crew conjure a delirious, dynamic, highly pettable world. And oh, is it a wonder. Though the play is ostensibly about one boy’s ...
Dear Readers, sometimes we get magic on stage. Whether that’s in the form of a captivating performance or some brilliant tech wizardry or maybe some stunning direction, this magic is what we yearn for ...
The North American touring production of “Life of Pi” is a magical piece of theater, but please don’t expect a break from reality. Nor should you bring young children along to Minneapolis’ Orpheum ...
For Pi Patel, hero of “Life of Pi,” survival is an act of storytelling. Or is it the other way around? While the story may be everything to Pi, it is not the star of this nationally touring play, ...
“I’ve had a terrible trip,” says Pi Patel, the lead character in the play “Life of Pi.” He’s likely the only person at Segerstrom Hall that night who felt that way about it after experiencing his ...
You’ve never seen anything on stage quite like Life of Pi. Life of Pi tells the story of a young man who is the only survivor of a cargo ship sinking. Pi and his family booked passage on a ship from ...
Original and visually stunning, the stage production of “Life of Pi,” at the Hobby Center through Sunday, weaves an extraordinary and imaginative tale of a teenage boy traveling from India to Canada ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Beneath the technical wizardry and versatile performances of “Life of Pi,” there are tragic realities that confront our current national moment with ...
That classic icon from vaudeville and film, the great curmudgeon W.C. Fields said it best, “Never work with kids and animals.” But he never worked with Richard Parker (the tiger). Fields would have ...