Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Richard Rodgers Theatre
Previews Began: March 11, 2011
Opening Night: March 31, 2011
Closing Night: July 3, 2011
Playwright: Rajiv Joseph
Music: Kathryn Bostic
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 as told by a tiger held captive in the Baghdad Zoo.
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Robin Williams Tiger
Glenn Davis Tom
Brad Fleischer Kev
Arian Moayed Musa
Hrach Titizian Iraqi Man
Uday
Sheila Vand Iraqi Teenager
Hadia
Necar Zadegan Iraqi Woman
Leper
Arabic Vocals
Understudies: Hend Ayoub (Iraqi Woman, Iraqi Teenager, Hadia, Leper), Corey Brill (Tom, Kev), Daoud Heidami (Musa, Iraqi Man, Uday) and Sherman Howard (Tiger)