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Broadway Review: “Water for Elephants” at the Imperial Theatre (Closes on Sunday, December 8, 2024)

April 4, 2024 | book review, Broadway, Dance, Music, the ally, water for > | "Water for Elephants", Alexandra Gaelle Royer, Antoine Boissereau, Asa Somers, Brandon Block, Broadway, Caroline Kane, casting by Tara Rubin Casting, Charles South, choreography by Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll, circus design by Shana Carroll, Cirque du Soleil, costume design by David Israel Reynoso, Dance, David Roberts, fight direction by Cha Ramos, Gabriel Olivera de Paula Costa, Grant Gustin, Gregg Edelman, hair & makeup design by Luc Verschuren for Campbell Young Associates, Harley McLeish, Isabella Luisa Diaz, Isabelle McCalla, Jessica Stone, Joe De Paul, Keaton Hentoff-Killian, Ken Wulf Clark, lighting design by Bradley King, Marissa Rosen, Matthew Murphy, Matthew Varvar, Michael Mendez, Michelle West, music direction by Elizabeth Doran, music supervision and arrangements by Mary-Mitchell Campbell and Benedict Braxton-Smith, musical, New York Theatre Reviews, Nicolas Jelmoni, orchestrations by Daryl Waters Benedict Braxton-Smith and August Eriksmoen, Paul Alexander Nolan, Paul Castree, Pig Pen Theatre Co., production stage management by Timothy R. Semon, projections by David Bengali, puppetry design by Ray Wetmore JR Goodman and Camille Labarre, Rachael Boyd, Rick Elice, Samantha Gershman, Samuel Renaud, Sara Gettelfinger, Sara Gruen, scenic design by Takeshi Kata, Sean Stack, Sound Design by Walter Trarbach, Stan Brown, Taylor Colleton, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Wade McCollum

When does “life” begin? Depending upon one’s religious beliefs, or scientific beliefs, or social media threads, the answer to the question is different. Does “life” begin at conception; in utero; at birth; in childhood; in adolescence; in old age; in death; or after death? Seen through the eyes of his older self in “Water for Elephants” (currently on at the…