Life of Pi (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (872)
See it if You want to be transported into another world. This show is MAGICAL!?!
Don't see it if you are too realistic to enjoy an escape into a magical world.
See it if Wow! The costumes and the lighting were simply amazing. It felt like there were live animals on stage. Amazing effects!
Don't see it if If you didn’t love the book or the movie, still give this a try. It’s really engaging.
See it if You want an emotional & riveting story with spectacular puppets, life size. Staging is mesmerizing. Tale of boy who survives 265 days a sea
Don't see it if Not into life size puppets & some survival killings
See it if you want to be entertained. I don't normally like plays but I was riveted. An interesting energetic story. The set and puppets are amazing.
Don't see it if you are looking for something light.
See it if MAGICAL!! Puppetry is incredible and moving story. Wonderful performance by the lead understudy!! Really enjoyed this!
Don't see it if See it! Nothing to dislike. I did not get through the book but really thought this well done!!! GO!!!
See it if Riveting survival story with extraordinary staging. Deep and moving. Great characters, including the animals. Wonderful ending.
Don't see it if The big twist won’t be as impactful if you already know the story (which I didn’t). Sit in the mezzanine to fully appreciate the staging.
See it if Really awesome
Don't see it if Can’t think of even one drawback
See it if you want the most brilliantly staged show of this season. Wonderful cast, puppetry amazing, scenic design ,lighting incredible, pure magic.
Don't see it if There is absolutely no reason not to see this show. A great evening of theater. Read more
Critic Reviews (24)
CRITIC’S PICK: “At its most abstract, this a play about how we come to terms with our own choices, even with our own survival, and the stories we might tell to make those choices and that survival make sense.”
Read more
“Webster’s stagecraft is dazzling, but don’t expect ’Life of Pi’ to make you believe in God. It will make you believe in puppet shows, and that may be enough.”
Read more
“Visually, the play is a deeply wondrous spectacle that teems with beauty and brutality. Narratively, the script does less to impress, as if written at times in magic marker, and supporting performances could use some shading.”
Read more
"Best to take the play’s cue and focus less on the people and more on the charismatic megafauna.
Read more
“...audiences attending this accomplished production are in store for a vastly ... pleasurable journey.”
Read more
“Visual appeal can’t quite wash away a stacked-deck ending, or make a convincing case for the fanciful over the plausible. Deep down, Mr. Okamoto probably agrees.”
Read more
“For many in the audience, the immersive nature of the experience will be more than enough...Despite watching decades worth of attempts, I’ve never seen a show that better conveys the sea or so many of the creatures trying to ride its waves and avoid being swallowed.”
Read more
“...the experience is more of an imagistic journey than an emotional one...A treat for the eyes it all is, if that is all you’re really looking for.”
Read more