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 met his match. A superstar without equal, on view in Life of Pi from Broadway at the...
That classic icon from vaudeville and film, the great curmudgeon W.C. Fields said it best, “Never work with kids and animals.”
Not since the Lion King’s opening prologue, where the denizens of the Veldt prance, fly, scramble, and lumber down the theater aisle and up to the stage where Pride Rock beckons, has there been such munificence of staging and imagination. It takes your breath away, as it transports you back to childhood and the magic of live theater and the wonder of make-believe.
That’s exactly what director Max Webster, adapter Lolita Chakrabarti, set and costume designer Tim Hatley, projection designer Andrzej Goulding, and the puppet wizards Nick Barner and Finn Caldwell weave so well together, along with sumptuous sound design by Carolyn Downing, and an Indian percussive soundtrack from Andrew T. Mackay. It all melds together flawlessly.
On opening night, just before Richard Parker was to make his zoo appearance, the curtain was rung down and a “stop show” announcement was broadcast. Taha Mandviwala would be replaced by this tour’s alternative Pi, Savidu Geevaratne. We never were told of Mandviwala’s fate, but we hope he is all right. He was jumping on and off his hospital bed with abandon, and perhaps he sprained his foot.
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