Review: ‘Life of Pi’ on Broadway has adventure aplenty but leaves behind the heart of the story
by Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
Apr 03, 2023
3 minutes
NEW YORK — Oceans — let alone lethal Bengal tigers on lifeboats — are usually a nightmare for Broadway; just look at the trouble Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” had in going under the sea. But in the 2019 stage version of “Life of Pi,” which was scripted by Lolita Chakrabarti, debuted in Sheffield, England, and opened on Broadway last week at the Gerald Shoenfeld Theatre, the illusion of Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel’s fateful voyage comes to life in director Max Webster’s production with so much visual
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