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 Canadian author on good writing advice from Martin Amis, his love for digging and getting rid of billionaires ...

Wait, is this a perfect play? “Life of Pi” — now at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale through Sunday, Oct. 26 — is a dazzling display of theatrical visuals and coruscant ...

Hiran Abeysekera, and Fred Davis, Scarlet Wilderink, Andrew Wilson operating tiger Richard Parker, 'Life of Pi' Matthew Murphy & Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade When a character promises a life story so ...

Big cats are familiar territory for The Fox Theatre, where glowing eyes and roars greet visitors at the bottom of the grand staircase and Simba and Nala and a whole cast of Jellicles have made several ...

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 ...

Pi (Hiran Abeysekera) goes head to head with tiger-puppet Richard Parker in a boisterous new staging of "Life of Pi." Evan Zimmerman A pair of extraordinary elements make the new spectacle show “Life ...

The Tony-winning stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s best-selling novel opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on March 30. By Abbey White Associate Editor & News Writer Life of Pi, the Tony-winning ...

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 ...

“Life of Pi” tells the story of a 16-year-old boy who survives a shipwreck and shares a lifeboat with wild animals. Taha Mandviwala, who plays Pi, says the play explores themes of survival, faith, and ...

Taha Mandviwala helms the cast and aptly carries the narrative opposite Richard Parker, a prowling, lumbering, lunging tiger puppet operated by a team of puppeteers. Puppetry and movement director ...