Yann Martel's 2002 novel, also made into a 2012 Ang Lee film, gets a stage adaptation that is wondrously dreamy and profound.

With its visceral nightmare story transforming into a sublimely told survival dream, “Life of Pi ... visceral and lithe as Pi moves between animal-like behavior and human longing for faith ...

“Life of Pi” takes the realms of digital effects ... fantasy through elements like the daydream sequence, the living island and a flying fish onslaught. Ang Lee successfully met the visual ...

Lucky for you, all three have come to the Paramount with the gripping “Life of Pi”. And speaking of brutal ... Rarely leaving stage and often the only human character out there, his stage ...