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Gangsters of Love is the Cat’s Whiskers

Gangsters of Love is aces!  It’s hitting on all sixes!  It’s Jake!  However you prefer to say it, Gangsters of Love is a hit.  Why even the highfalutin inky fingers (or the press for those of you who ain’t on the trolley) have gone bananas for our newest show.  Here’s the skinny:

“Equal parts entertainment and experience, “Gangsters” is a hilarious testament to an age when liquor and love trumped all – and a captivating trip to the past you won’t want to miss. “

“It was the perfect combination of great comedy and thrills.”

“The dinner theatre production of “Gangsters in Love” is a 1930’s mad cap production that features singers, acrobats, circus tricks and a lot of laughs.”

Get your tuchus down to the tent for the Real McCoy and see what all the hullabaloo is about. Don’t forget about our moxie matinees featuring an all-new kid-friendly menu at a wallet-friendly price.

See the show before it 23-skidoos!

Examiner.com is Crazy for ¡Caliente!

Teatro ZinZanni presents ¡Caliente!

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“¡Caliente! stars Christine Deaver and Robert Lopez who play the brother/sister duo, Tres and Cinco who work in the kitchen. It appears that the tent is being sold and the kitchen crew is the last to know of this news. It’s up to the pair, with the help of the rest of the crew, to literally save the show. Each member begins to live out their own show biz fantasy, trading in their kitchen uniforms for circus costumes.

With a Latin flare, the “Mexican Donnie and Marie” are joined by the very tall singer/songwriter “Big Mike” Geier and the very short Chinese acrobat, Ling Rui, the Argentine Malambo dancer, clown and percussionist, Ann Bernard, Ukrainian contortionist, Vita Radionova and the French acrobatic trio, Les Petits Freres. It’s sort of a wide world of circus with a vaudeville accent. Every performer appeared to be flawless in their crafts.”

Read the full review!

“Liliane Montevecchi Enchants ZinZanni Audiences” Seattle Examiner Exclaims!

Liliane Montevecchi enchants ZinZanni audiences

“Teatro ZinZanni brings the talents of two Tony stars to its current production: Bonsoir Liliane. Tommy Tune, Texas-born, Tony-winning, director/choreographer and Liliane Montevecchi, living legend and diva partner up for the revival of the show that revisits some of the highs of Montevecchi’s career.”

Enjoy more highlights from  Letitia Harmon‘s review of Bonsoir Liliane! in the Seattle Theater Examiner:

“Montevecchi, however, fills the circus-tent space with her charisma, charm, and amazing stage presence. Local actors should see this show if only to study a master in the art of stage presence. She brings the panache and finesse of a bygone era to live performance, recalling the greats who relied on more than pyrotechnics and a killer sound system to charm an audience.”

“The slapstick, audience involvement comedy continues under the direction and improvisational brilliance of the show’s host, Kevin Kent.”

“ZinZanni continues to be about glitz, flamboyant glamour, and an all-round good time grounded in a feast for the senses. Bonsoir Liliane is a magical show that suits ZinZanni’s tradition of spectacle and enchantment.”

“Come for the fun, be mesmerized by one of the greats (in person!), stay for the food, and leave with your cheeks aching from laughter. That is a night at this magical Seattle favorite!”

See the full story online here.

Examiner.com Previews Bonsoir Liliane!

Seattle’s Teatro ZinZanni presents debut of Tommy Tune’s ‘Bonsoir Liliane!’

by Sue Frause, Seattle Traveler Examiner Writer

If you’re a Teatro ZinZanni fan, there’s even more reason to smile and cheer. The Seattle-based “theater in a spiegeltent” is bringing a new show to town. Bonsoir Liliane! is making its debut on September 1, 2011 and runs through January 2012. Directed by Broadway legend and nine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune, the new show stars French dancer and Tony Award winning star Liliane Montevecchi. The show is a reunion for the director and dancer, as they collaborated in the hit Broadway show Nine (they both won Tony Awards) and Grand Hotel.

Taking the audience on a journey through Liliane’s memories and fantasies in Moscow, Paris and beyond is Kevin Kent as the comic conductor of the Red Swan Express. The Seattle spiegeltent will be transformed to showcase new dance numbers featuring former Pacific Northwest Ballet member Ariana Lallone, along with dancer Tobias Larsson. Also appearing in the show are contortionist Vita Radionova and acrobats Les Petis Frefres. Music by the trio Diva and the Dixies will recreate the most memorable chapters of Liliane’s life and career.

Parisian born Liliane Montevechi, who turns 79 on October 13, 2011, has appeared in Teatro ZinZanni’s productions as Madame ZinZanni. Her four-decade career started as a prima ballerina as an 18-year-old in Paris with the Roland Petit Ballets. For seven years, she was an MGM contract player, appearing in movies opposite Elvis Presley, Marlon Brando and Fred Astaire. More recently, she could be seen in the films Wall Street and How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days. Montevecchi has performed in one-woman cabaret shows in numerous New York City clubs, and also at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. She toured internationally with her semi-autobiographical shows, On the Boulevard  (which resulted in a 1998 album of the same name) and Back on the Boulevards. Boinsoir Liliane! is being billed as her “final bow”.

See the full article on the examiner.com website.