Mark Taper Forum
135 N Grand Ave
213.628.2772
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Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
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Apr 14, 2010 – May 30, 2010
Tuesdays–Fridays (8pm)
Saturdays (2:30 & 8pm)
Sundays (7pm)
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- Price
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$20 - 65
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“It's always refreshing to see a work that speaks with such striking originality; it reaffirms the value in taking risks. Playwright Rajiv Joseph spins a mystical tale of giddiness and pain with his surreal cast of characters — from the ghost of Saddam Hussein's son, Uday, to a formerly caged and recently murdered Bengal big cat. In Tony-nominated director Moisés Kaufman's adroit hands, the fine cast explores the gentler and lighter tones of Joseph's mystical contemplations, while never undercutting the power and intensity of the play's haunting, violent, and intensely theatrical nature.”
Allen Moon, Flavorpill
Center Theatre Group says:
Audience and critical buzz brought national attention to this explosive world premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre last spring. Now enhanced for the Taper stage, this remarkable play throws two homesick soldiers, a tormented Iraqi and a brooding tiger together into a revelatory situation that is both hysterical and macabre, soul-wrenching and lyrical. Directed by Tony-nominee Moisés Kaufman (Broadway sensations I Am My Own Wife and 33 Variations), this production dares you not to look away from its honest and hauntingly theatrical depiction of the aftermath of war.
