Photos: The Company of LIFE OF PI Meets the Press!
Life of Pi officially opens on Thursday, March 30.
Lolita Chakrabarti's dazzling stage adaptation of Yann Martel's best-selling novel Life of Pi is now in previews at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street) and opens on Thursday, March 30.
See photos of the company meeting the press below!
The Olivier Award-winning play Life of Pi is now playing at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street) with three Olivier Award-winning performers making their Broadway debuts. Recreating their critically acclaimed performances for Broadway will be "Best Actor" winner Hiran Abeysekera in the role of "Pi" and "Best Supporting Actor" winners Fred Davis and Scarlet Wilderink join the "Richard Parker" puppeteering team. The Broadway production of the five-time Olivier Award-winning London production of Life of Pi also features Brian Thomas Abraham as Cook/Voice of "Richard Parker," Rajesh Bose as Father, Avery Glymph as Father Martin/Russian Sailor/Admiral Jackson, Mahira Kakkar as Nurse/Amma/Orange Juice, Kirstin Louie as Lulu Chen, Salma Qarnain as Mrs. Biology Kumar/Zaida Khan, Sathya Sridharan as Mamaji/Pandit-Ji, Daisuke Tsuji as Mr. Okamoto/Captain, Sonya Venugopal as Rani, with Nikki Calonge, Fred Davis, Rowan Ian Seamus Magee, Jonathan David Martin, Betsy Rosen, Celia Mei Rubin, Scarlet Wilderink and Andrew Wilson as Royal Bengal tiger "Richard Parker." Mahnaz Damania, Jon Hoche, Usman Ali Mughal, Uma Paranjpe and David Shih round out the 24-member cast with Adi Dixit as the "Pi" alternate.
LIFE OF PI is directed by Max Webster, with Set and Costume design by Olivier Award winner Tim Hatley, Puppetry and Movement Direction by Olivier Award winner Finn Caldwell, Puppet Design by Olivier Award winners Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, Video Design by Olivier Award winner Andrzej Goulding, Lighting Design by Olivier Award winner Tim Lutkin, Sound Design by Carolyn Downing, Original Music by Andrew T Mackay, Dramaturgy by Jack Bradley, Wig Design by David Brian Brown, and Casting by Stewart/Whitley.
Based on one of the best-loved works of fiction - winner of the Man Booker Prize, selling over fifteen million copies worldwide - Life of Pi is a breath-taking new theatrical adaptation of an epic journey of endurance and hope.
After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a sixteen-year-old boy name Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors - a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive?
Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas
Mahira Kakkar, Sonya Venugopal, Hiran Abeysekera and Rajesh Bose
Playwright Lolita Chakrabarti and Director Max Webster
Playwright Lolita Chakrabarti and Director Max Webster
Co-Puppet Designer and Movement Director Finn Caldwell, Jonathan David Martin, Betsy Rosen and Nikki Calonge
Co-Puppet Designer and Movement Director Finn Caldwell and Hiran Abeysekera
Co-Puppet Designer and Movement Director Finn Caldwell, Playwright Lolita Chakrabarti and Director Max Webster
Production Stage Manager Sharika Niles
Production Stage Manager Sharika Niles
Rowan lan Seamus Magee, Andrew Wilson, Celia Mei Rubin, Scarlet Wilderink, Co-Puppet Designer and Movement Director Finn Caldwell, Jonathan David Martin, Betsy Rosen, Nikki Calonge and Fred Davis
Director Max Webster
Director Max Webster
Playwright Lolita Chakrabarti
Playwright Lolita Chakrabarti
Rowan Ian Seamus Magee
Rowan Ian Seamus Magee
Composer Andrew T. Mackay and Sound Designer Carolyn Downing
Sathya Sridharan, Sonya Venugopal and Daisuke Tsuji
Mahira Kakkar, Sonya Venugopal, Hiran Abeysekera and Rajesh Bose
Mahira Kakkar, Sonya Venugopal, Hiran Abeysekera and Rajesh Bose
Director Max Webster, Playwright Lolita Chakrabarti and Co-Puppet Designer and Movement Director Finn Caldwell
Signage for "Life of Pi"
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