Kevin Tighe News

'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,' which had its world premiere at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre in 2009 and was named a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist earlier this month, opens at the CTG/Mark Taper Forum at the Los Angeles Music Center on Sunday, April 25. Previews are underway and performances continue through May 30, 2010.

It was announced today that Rajiv Joseph's darkly comic 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo' has been named as a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Other finalists include 'The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity' by Kristoffer Diaz, and 'In the Next Room or the vibrator play' by Sarah Ruhl.

The entire cast and creative team from the world premiere of Rajiv Joseph's 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo' at the Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre in 2009 will return for the presentation at the CTG / Mark Taper Forum. Directed by Moisés Kaufman, 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo' begins previews April 14, opens April 25 and continues through May 30, 2010.

The world premiere of Rajiv Joseph's 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,' presented by Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, opens May 17, 2009, and continues through June 7. Previews began May 10.