DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES -- A stage production of "Life of Pi" is now playing in downtown Los Angeles, bringing the tale's iconic animals to life with impressive puppetry. The star of the show is a ...

Sure he has a name. It's Richard Parker. And he's a Royal Bengal Tiger. Oh, and one more thing: he's a puppet — a puppet who plays an integral part in the three-time Tony Award-winning theatrical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The natural world is aswirl in “Life of Pi,” a marvelously inventive stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s 2002 Booker Prize-winning ...

When Richard Parker slinks into the room, it is difficult not to catch your breath. The Royal Bengal tiger puppet is the star of the stage production of “Life of Pi” and the puppeteers who operate him ...

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 ...

Next week, "Life of Pi" will be the latest play to visit the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The play, which was made popular by a beloved book and movie, begins shows at the Buell Theatre ...

A boy and his tiger in Life of Pi. Credit: Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade Prior to joining the national tour of Life of Pi, actor Toussaint Jeanlouis had never worked very ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — “Life of Pi,” the book by Yann Martel, sold more than 15 million copies before the blockbuster film, and on Wednesday night, the Tony Award-winning theatrical experience opens ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...