Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo at Long Beach Playhouse

This tiger is talking and, no, things aren't going "Grrreat." Thanks to the imaginative power of Rajiv Joseph's Pulitzer-nominated play, audiences can peek inside the mind of a ferociously articulate "animal," while chaos reigns outside his cage in the streets of war-torn Baghdad. Encompassing not only the talkative tiger, but two homesick American soldiers, a tormented Iraqi -- and a gold toilet seat -- Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo is a panoramic depiction not only of violence, anger and greed but also of forgiveness and redemption. Now Long Beach Playhouse presents a riveting production of this dark comedy from the acclaimed writer of Gruesome Playground Injuries and The North Pool.