LIFE of PI tour
LIFE of PI tour
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
LIFE of PI tour#1
Posted: 4/21/25 at 9:12pm
I know nothing of the stage version. How has this been received? Is it worth going ? The tour is coming to town .
Featured Actor Joined: 1/26/24
LIFE of PI tour#3
Posted: 4/22/25 at 8:31am
The Broadway show was amazing. If the tour is like the Broadway version it is definitely worth seeing.
LIFE of PI tour#4
Posted: 4/22/25 at 9:24am
This was a must-see in NYC after I saw it in London. It’s excellent and visually stunning. The staging is really impressive but would be seemingly difficult to tour with the original set. Hopefully the tour captures all of the same magic, because it is really beautiful.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
LIFE of PI tour#5
Posted: 4/22/25 at 10:00am
Thank you. Got a discount offer. I think I will go.
LIFE of PI tour#6
Posted: 4/22/25 at 12:01pm
highly highly recommend sitting in mezz, even if you're usually an orchestra sitter. If it's like Broadway they'll have floor projections you would want to be able to see to get the full experience.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
LIFE of PI tour#7
Posted: 4/22/25 at 1:20pm
That’s what I did . Thank you.
LIFE of PI tour#8
Posted: 4/22/25 at 1:34pm
Saw it on Broadway and really enjoyed it. I found the first act to be a bit slow but loved Act II. It is beautiful to look at also. The tour just left Denver and friends that went said they loved it.
LIFE of PI tour#9
Posted: 4/22/25 at 1:45pm
Toronto got a stop of the UK tour this past fall, although not the same cast, I can say this was the subscription show I was least excited for, and was blown away by the staging and the puppetry. I highly recommend the show.
Featured Actor Joined: 12/30/10
LIFE of PI tour#10
Posted: 5/2/25 at 2:35pm
AEA is giving out comps for LA run. Thru the membership site.
LIFE of PI tour#11
Posted: 5/2/25 at 4:13pm
Im really curious how the tour looks, since the stage required a few traps. All the photos on the website are from the Broadway production.
LIFE of PI tour#12
Posted: 5/19/25 at 1:40am
THDavis said: "This was a must-see in NYC after I saw it in London. It’s excellent and visually stunning. The staging is really impressive but would be seemingly difficult to tour with the original set. Hopefully the tour captures all of the same magic, because it is really beautiful."
Just saw this show in LA. A few understudies were on, including Pi (who was played by the male understudy). Surprisingly, the staging wasn’t an issue at all with this tour. A few small (and disappointing, but understandable) technical changes like the boat not rising from the stage and I recall Pi jumping into the stage a few times and reappearing in various places. It makes sense why they’d change that to tour, of course.
Does the actor that plays Pi not usually speak with an Indian accent? I recall that being a part of what gives Pi’s character a certain cadence and charm that I don’t feel was there without it. The understudy this evening had no accent and it just felt strangely off, but I couldn’t be sure.
Overall I still think there was a lot of good there, but the performances seemed a bit inconsistent.
LIFE of PI tour#13
Posted: 5/19/25 at 11:48am
THDavis said: "Does the actor that plays Pi not usually speak with an Indian accent? I recallthat being a part of what gives Pi’s character a certain cadence andcharmthat I don’t feel was there without it. The understudy this evening had no accent and it just felt strangely off, but I couldn’t be sure."
On Broadway, the actors were directed to speak in their normal accent (with the exception of the French Chef), so it's not a surprise they aren't using accents here either.
LIFE of PI tour#14
Posted: 5/19/25 at 12:11pm
Okay THANKS! I found it unfortunately off-putting. Couldn’t remember it as much from Broadway, but my recollection of the show in London was truly a feast in story-telling. Still a beautiful show, though.
LIFE of PI tour#15
Posted: 5/19/25 at 12:54pm
Saw the show last weekend, and really, really enjoyed it. In all my many trips to NYC each year, I never saw it.
Taha Mandviwala gives an extraordinary performance, and so much of it is physical. Jumping, leaping, rolling on the floor, in the boat, and with the animals.
LIFE of PI tour#16
Posted: 5/19/25 at 8:33pm
I didn’t realize that he doesn’t perform every show and got his understudy. I was definitely missing the springy, playful element of the character.
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