LIFE OF PI on Sale at Proctors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press Contacts:
Jessica Sims
jsims@proctorscollaborative.org
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CRITIC’S PICK! “Spectacular! LIFE OF PI delivers magic. That roaring you hear at the show’s end? It’s the sound of a standing ovation.” – The New York Times 

★★★★★ “An extraordinary journey. Unmissable” – The Guardian

“SPECTACULAR AND SPELLBINDING!” -Wall Street Journal 

“LIFE OF PI creates moment after moment of theatrical magic and thrills us with sheer emotion and awe.” -New York Post 

“A FEAST FOR THE EYES!”  -Washington Post 

“The single greatest innovation in puppetry ever to hit the global stage.”   -NY Daily News

“GLORIOUS! A DAZZLING MARVEL OF STAGECRAFT. THIS POWERFUL PRODUCTION SPARKS TO STUNNING LIFE.” – Entertainment Weekly

LIFE OF PI

THREE-TIME TONY AWARD®-WINNING THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE

COMES TO SCHENECTADY, NY

TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE
THURSDAY, AUG. 29

PROCTORS
TUESDAY, FEB. 18 TO
SUNDAY, FEB. 23, 2025

SCHENECTADY (Aug. 26) – Proctors is pleased to announce that tickets for LIFE OF PI, the hit Broadway and West End sensation will go on sale Thursday, Aug. 29 for performances Tuesday, Feb. 18 to Sunday, Feb. 23.  

Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling Olivier and Tony Award®-winning stage adaption of LIFE OF PI embarks on another exciting adventure when it launches its North American Tour in Baltimore, Maryland in December 2024 at the Hippodrome Theatre. Schenectady is one of 22 cities on the tour where theatregoers can experience this extraordinary show.  

Based on one of the best-loved works of fiction and the best-selling and Man Booker Prize-winning book (over 15 million copies sold) by author Yann Martel, LIFE OF PI is captivating audiences across the world.  

LIFE OF PI is an unforgettable, epic tale and a breath-taking journey of endurance, hope and perseverance that speaks to every generation and “gives new life to Broadway” (The Today Show). Theglobal phenomenon was lauded as “an exhilarating evening of theater” (The Wall Street Journal) and “a wonder to behold” (Entertainment Weekly).

After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a sixteen-year-old boy name Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive?

Told with jaw-dropping visuals, world class puppetry and exquisite stagecraft, the Broadway and West End sensation, LIFE OF PI creates a visually breathtaking journey that will leave you filled with awe and joy.

Martel’s extraordinary story of family, resilience and survival and the natural world was made into an Oscar-winning film in 2012. This breath-taking theatrical adaptation is a natural evolution for the source, as it utilizes the communal power of live storytelling and imagination, two of the other central themes of the original novel.  

LIFE OF PI, first opened to great critical acclaim with its cutting-edge visual effect at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in 2019. LIFE OF PI played Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End where it won five Olivier Awards in 2022, including Best New Play, Best Scenic Design and Best Lighting Design. In a historic first for the Olivier Awards, the seven performers who play Royal Bengal tiger “Richard Parker” were collectively awarded “Best Actor in a Supporting Role.” 

LIFE OF PImade its Broadway premiere at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on March 9, 2023 to celebratory reviews.won three Tony Awards for Best Scenic Design of a Play Best Lighting Design of a Play, and Best Sound Design of a Play, four Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Direction of a Play, Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play, Outstanding Projection and Video Design and Outstanding Puppetry and two Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play or Musical and Outstanding Video or Projection Design of a Play or Musical. 

Prior to its Broadway premiere, LIFE OF PI made its North American Premiere at the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University. Most recently, LIFE OF PI launched a UK & Ireland tour in the summer of 2023. 

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE 

Please visit atproctors.org to view the LIFE OF PI performance schedule. 

TICKET INFORMATION 

Tickets go on sale to the general public Thursday, Aug. 29 through the Box Office at Proctors in-person, via phone at (518) 346-6204 Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or online by visiting atproctors.org. Groups of 10 or more can get their tickets by calling (518) 382-3884 ext. 139.

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