Yann Martel's 2002 novel, also made into a 2012 Ang Lee film, gets a stage adaptation that is wondrously dreamy and profound. As the tale's shipwrecked teen, Taha Mandviwala is mesmerizing.

The cast and crew of LIFE OF PI, playing in the LA area through June 15, talk to the press about how the award-winning novel ...

Life of Pi is about how a teenager grew up in a zoo ... the freighter sinks and only Pi Patel and three animals survive: a zebra, an orangutan and the Bengal tiger called Richard Parker.

“Life of Pi” tells the story of a 16-year ... Pi shares the lifeboat with a ferocious Bengal tiger, a hyena, a zebra and an orangutan. “Pi comes from a very loving family and that bolsters ...

“Life of Pi” starts with an investigation of how ... onstage by giant stick puppets representing a tiger, a zebra, an orangutan and a hyena. According to their natures, the animals attack ...

a gentle orangutan and a dangerous Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, each convincingly brought to life by teams of expert puppeteers. Shifting seamlessly back to the hospital room, Pi and his ...

It’s all about the magic of puppets in the play “Life of Pi,” which opened Wednesday ... that captivates the audience alongside an orangutan named Orange Juice plus a hyena and a zebra.

a hyena and an orangutan named Orange Juice. And, of course, Richard Parker. “It was a huge zoo,” Pi recalls. “Now, it’s so small it fits in my head.” Advertising “Life of Pi ...

“Life of Pi,” Yann Martel’s Booker Prize-winning ... leaving Pi stranded for 227 days aboard a lifeboat he shares with a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra and a ravenous but otherwise charismatic ...

Beneath the technical wizardry and versatile performances of “Life of Pi,” there are tragic realities ... animals — a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan named Orange Juice, and our Royal Bengal ...