When I first learned about the movie Life of Pi, I confess I was less than curious, having neither heard of nor read the book. Several years later, when it was adapted into a movie and then a Broadway ...

Not too many novels weigh the merits of imagination against observation, myth against reality, or fiction against truth: the author’s bias in favor of fabrication is implicit from the first word in ...

In Life of Pi author Yann Martel’s latest book, Son of Nobody, he takes on the mythology of the Trojan War through the eyes ...

In this new novel, the author tells a dual narrative about an academic who finds a partial retelling of ‘The Iliad.’ ...

That classic icon from vaudeville and film, the great curmudgeon W.C. Fields said it best, “Never work with kids and animals.” But he never worked with Richard Parker (the tiger). Fields would have ...

If you see a tiger walking down Grand River, do not be alarmed... it's just Richard Parker making his way to the Wharton Center of Performing Arts in time for the show. "Life of Pi" is the newest ...

Big cats are familiar territory for The Fox Theatre, where glowing eyes and roars greet visitors at the bottom of the grand staircase and Simba and Nala and a whole cast of Jellicles have made several ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Beneath the technical wizardry and versatile performances of “Life of Pi,” there are tragic realities that confront our current national moment with ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The globally successful play "Life of Pi" brings the best-selling novel and popular film to life on stage at the Academy of Music. "They created these amazing life-sized puppets ...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES -- A stage production of "Life of Pi" is now playing in downtown Los Angeles, bringing the tale's iconic animals to life with impressive puppetry. The star of the show is a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...