Named after the French word for swimming pool, “piscine,” Pi recounts his childhood in Pondicherry, India and life around his father’s zoo. Entranced by Hinduism, Islam and Christianity, a young Pi ...

More notably, this live “Pi” implements elaborate puppetry to bring to life its highly important animal characters ... on a makeshift raft tied to the boat while the tiger prowls the latter ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — “Life of Pi” is a play you have to see to believe. Faithfully adapting Yann Martel’s fantastical novel about the sinking of a cargo ship full of zoo animals is a daunting ...