Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
- Preview: March 11, 2011
- Open: March 31, 2011
- Close: July 3, 2011
Play - New York Premiere
Running Time: 2hrs 10mins
A darkly comic tale narrated by a tiger held captive in the Baghdad Zoo. The play follows the intertwined lives of two American marines and one Iraqi gardener as they search through the rubble of war for friendship, redemption and a toilet seat made of gold.
For The Record:
“Bengal Tiger...” had its World Premiere at Los Angeles’s Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre in 2009, and was then remounted by CTG at the Mark Taper Forum in Spring 2010.
Total Gross:
$7,889,821
Average Weekly Gross:
$464,107
Total Attendance:
97,721
Average Weekly Attendance:
56%
Staff & Creative Team
Cast
| Tiger | 03/11/2011 - 07/03/2011 |
| Musa | 03/11/2011 - 07/03/2011 |
| Tom | 03/11/2011 - 07/03/2011 |
| Kev | 03/11/2011 - 07/03/2011 |
| Iraqi Woman | 03/11/2011 - 07/03/2011 |
| Leper | 03/11/2011 - 07/03/2011 |
| Iraqi Man | 03/11/2011 - 07/03/2011 |
| Hadia | 03/11/2011 - 07/03/2011 |
| Iraqi Teenager | 03/11/2011 - 07/03/2011 |