“Life Of Pi” To Open On Broadway

Lolita Chakrabarti delivers dazzling stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s bestselling novel

BY BLVD. STAFF

Lolita Chakrabarti’s stage adaption of Life of Pi will premiere 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 will feature Brian Abraham as Cook/Voice of “Richard Parker,” Rajesh Bose as Father, Avery Glymph as

Father Martin/Russian Sailor/ Rear 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 begins performances Thursday, March 9, and opens Thursday, March 30. Prior to the Broadway engagement, Life of Pi made its North American Premiere at the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University.

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 bestloved works of fiction—winner of the Man Booker Prize, selling more than 15 million copies worldwide—Life of Pi is a breath-taking new theatrical adaptation of an epic journey of endurance and hope.

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