Teatro ZinZanni

Teatro ZinZanni is a circus dinner theater that began in the neighborhood of Lower Queen Anne in Seattle, Washington.cite web |url= http://www.straight.com/article/vaudeville-lives-in-seattle |title= Vaudeville lives in Seattle |author= Charles Campbell |work= The Georgia Straight |date= 26 May 2005 |quote= ] It has since expanded on San Francisco, California's historic waterfront at Pier 29 on The Embarcadero.

Created by Norman Langill [cite news |url= http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/theater/179580_zinzanni28.html |title= The show goes on for Teatro ZinZanni |work= Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date= 28 June, 2004 |author= Joe Adcock |quote= ] and once described as "the Moulin Rouge meets Cirque du Soleil,"cite web |url= http://www.seattle.gov/music/map/Belltown.htm |title= An Insider's Guide to Seattle's Music History |work= Seattle Music Map on seattle.gov ] Teatro ZinZanni is a blend of European cabaret, circus arts, restaurant,cite web |url= http://www.nrn.com/(F(CR96oVwfNbFPwj0vVHHrnLVY1sm9Ep-JibXpRsAy9OfGoQfnu9JxmXqT-x0bEUOKeNhNi_-vr1SKnQNDNIXVB48FmTZdqEyYKcVJeClbOaA1))/article.aspx?id=346540 |title= From the plate to the stage, Teatro ZinZanni aims to dazzle diners |author= M. Sharon Baker |work= Nation's Restaurant News |date= October 15 2007 |quote= ] and vaudeville performed in a Belgian "spiegeltent" (mirror tent).cite web |url= http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117970436.html?categoryid=15&cs=1 |title= Audiences get their circus kicks: New 'alternative' productions thriving in U.S |author= Mark Blankenship |work= Variety |date= 17 August 2007 |quote= ] [cite web |url= http://www.spiegeltent.net/index.php?sectionID=4633&pageID=4637 |title= European Mirror Tent |format= html |work= Spiegeltent.net |quote= Spiegeltents are pavilions used as traveling dance halls, bars and entertainment salons … Built of wood, mirrors, canvas, leaded glass and detailed in velvet and brocade… ] It is produced by One Reel, a non-profit performing arts company based in Seattle. Its chefs include One Reel board member Tom Douglas.

Teatro ZinZanni began in Seattle in 1998 and moved its operation to San Francisco, opening there in March 2000. In 2002, it re-opened a permanent operation in Seattle's Belltown District.

The many performers in Teatro ZinZanni productions have included
Joan Baez,cite web |url= http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/10/12/DD231448.DTL |title= Now it's Countess Baez |author= Steve Winn |work= San Francisco Chronicle |date= 12 October 2001 |quote= ]
Yamil Borges, Martha Davis of the rock group The Motels,
El Vez,
Frank Ferrante,cite web |url= http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/theater/316368_teatro19q.html |title= Newest ZinZanni diva is rrrreally rrrraucous |author= Gene Stout |work= Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date= 18 May 2007 |quote= ] cite web |url= http://www.contracostatimes.com/patcraig/ci_6758659 |title= ZinZanni performers ready for anything |author= Pat Craig |work= Contra Costa Times |date= 30 August 2007 |quote= ]
Geoff Hoyle,
Sally Kellerman,cite web |url= http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/07/06/DDGLT7G6741.DTL |title= Actress and stage performer who's been there, done that still wants more |author= Jesse Hamlin |work= San Francisco Chronicle |date= 6 July 2004 |quote= ] cite web |url= http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/sanfran/s498.html |title= Sally Kellerman headlines Teatro ZinZanni |author= Richard Connema |work= TalkinBroadway.com |date=2004 |quote= ]
Liliane Montevecchi,
Maria Muldaur,cite web |url= http://www.sfweekly.com/2001-03-14/dining/cirque-du-supper/ |title= Cirque du Supper |author= Matthew Stafford |work= SF Weekly |date= 14 March 2001 |quote= ] cite web |url= http://www.digitalinterviews.com/digitalinterviews/views/muldaur.shtml |title= Maria Muldaur |author= Digital Interviews |date= October 2000 |quote= ]
Melanie Stace,cite web |url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/18/DD3SRKMT8.DTL |title= Review: Melanie Stace is well worth getting to know better |author= Joel Selvin |work= San Francisco Chronicle |date= 18 August 2007 |quote= ] and Ann Wilson of the rock group Heart.

Teatro ZinZanni has produced two CDs: [Listed in Teatro ZinZanni Boutique Catalog.] "The Divas," with Baez, Montevecchi, Kellerman, Thelma Houston and others, and "Omnium," a collaboration of TZ Maestro Norm Durkee with Martha Davis.

References

External links

* [http://www.onereel.org/ One Reel website.]
* [http://www.zinzanni.org/ Teatro ZinZanni website (1)] and [http://dreams.zinzanni.org/ Teatro ZinZanni website (2)] websites.