If you read this blog regularly, you're sick of me of telling you about my pal Frank Ferrante, who tours the U.S. with his unbelievable simulation of Groucho Marx. Well, for the next few months, you can be sick of me telling you about him in his other identity — that of Caesar, the outlandish host from time to time of Teatro ZinZanni.
Teatro ZinZanni is…well, it's more than a show. It's an experience. You enter a beautiful tent or room staffed by beautiful people, one of whom shows you and your party to your table. You eat superb food and you experience a live performance singers, clowns, acrobats, dancers and often-unclassifiable entertainers, all accompanied by live musicians. I guess some would call it a dinner show but that's selling it way too short. Maybe this will give you a brief sense of it…
There is a Teatro ZinZanni in Seattle. There was one in San Francisco and there will be one again. They had to close in one location and the new one isn't quite ready yet. And before the week is out, the new one in Chicago is opening with a show hosted by Caesar, aka Frank.
I believe he's scheduled to be there through the end of September and I'm going to try to get back to see him. The evening I spent at Teatro ZinZanni in San Francisco years ago is still vivid and warm in my memory. If you're anywhere near a Teatro ZinZanni, go. You'll like it. And take someone you like because they'll like you more for taking them.