Article: Walking with dinosaurs ; Get up close and personal with the prehistoric beasts at the new live show in Manchester

With one possible (purple) exception, dinosaurs possess a nearly universal ability to enthrall.

"I haven't met anybody yet that says, 'Oh yeah, dinosaurs. They're boring,' " said Scott Faris, director of the blockbuster production Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience, which comes to the Verizon Wireless Arena April 23-27.

The show has been playing to record crowds since it came to North America last July, and while there are still tickets for the Manchester shows, dinophiles should consider getting in line. "I don't think there's anything like it," said Faris in a phone interview from his home in New York. "You can't go anywhere and see a show where you've got life-like, life-size ...

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