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222 Mercer St. Seattle, WA 98119

206-802-0015

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Seattle Weekly
Recommended
Best Theater Company
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): Pacific Northwest

Hours: Performances Thursday-Saturday begin at 6:30p.m., on Sunday at 5:30p.m.

Price: $$$
Features: Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Dinner

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Required

Description

ZinZanni pairs gourmet dining with circus acts accompanied by a band, whose music controls the pace and defines the mood with the minute precision of a film soundtrack. The menu changes with the seasons, but it also changes with the show itself, as new acts are broken in, old ones move on or take a break, past favorites return. Baudelaire thought you needed drugs to achieve the "systematic disordering of all the senses" that leads to poetry; Teatro ZinZanni does it with music, jokes, spectacle, and white-chocolate-wrapped vanilla sponge cake. And it's legal.

In Tents

Every Sat., Sun. from May 5 until July 15

Recess Monkey, dancer Ariana Lallone, and others star in Teatro ZinZanni's kid-friendly spinoff cabaret. Runs 11 a.m. some Sat.-Sun. through July 1...
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Caliente!

6:30 p.m. every Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat. from May 12 until June 10

Mexico meets Moulin Rouge!. TZZ's new production features a cast rowdier than a pack of college kids on spring in Cancún. The Latin-themed dinner s...

2011 | Best Theater Company

Moulin Rouge meets Las Vegas: Teatro ZinZanni is as fabulous as it is zany. From its headquarters, an antique theater tent imported from Belgium and set up right across the street from Seattle Center, the company presents a three-hour evening show featuring performances by international cabaret, cirque, and comedy acts as well as a five-course feast designed by Tom Douglas. Guests are highly encouraged to dress up, and feather boas and tiaras are as common as high heels. But underneath all... More »
2010 | Best Equilibrist

Best what Yeah, we didn't know what one was, either--until we saw the latest Teatro ZinZanni production, Maestro's Menagerie. Now we know that an equilibrist performs difficult feats of balancing, and we're confident that nobody in town does it more beautifully than Elena Borodina. For most of the show, this Russian gymnast plays an arch sidekick to the Maestro himself, her curly blonde hair pulled tightly back in a bun. But eventually she emerges atop a piano, her hair loose and tousled... More »

Opening Nights: Caliente!

By Erika Hobart | Wed, March 07, 2012

Mexico meets Moulin Rouge!. TZZ's new production features a cast rowdier than a pack of college kids on spring break in Cancún. The Latin-themed dinner show sounds like a potential disaster, but ¡Caliente! is an epic party well worth the steep cov... More »
Today Reverb Recommends Seeing Pink's Choreographer in Action at Teatro ZinZanni

By Erika Hobart | Wed, August 24, 2011

Remember Pink's gorgeous performance at the 2010 Grammy Awards? The person responsible for creating the singer's finale was aerial choreographer Dreya Weber, who also has been the mastermind for tours... More »
Dreya Weber: Aerial Pink

By Erika Hobart | Wed, August 24, 2011

At the 2010 Grammy Awards, Pink appeared onstage wearing next to nothing. But even riskier than the potential for a wardrobe malfunction a la Janet Jackson was that the pop star opted to sing her then-little-known ballad "Glitter in the Air" in l... More »
First Call: Teatro de Rizzo

By Erika Hobart | Wed, June 08, 2011

The Watering Hole: Teatro ZinZanni, 222 Mercer St., 802-0015, QUEEN ANNE. The Atmosphere: Think Moulin Rouge meets Las Vegas. Imported from Belgium, this gorgeous antique theater is full of gold and glitter, red velvet and stained glass, along wi... More »
Dare to Dream

By Tim Appelo | Wed, April 21, 2004

You know what they say about houseboats? Not a good house, not a good boat. The same is usually true of dinner theater—with the startling exception of the Dinner & Dreams show, back with its original cast for a limited run at Teatro ZinZanni throu... More »

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james.payne | Seattle, WA | 1 Reviews

| Sun, April 8, 2012

This is my fourth time to TZ, and their current show "Caliente'" is the worst of them all so far. The food was good, the service was decent the ambiance was unique as always, but the show was lame. Why? Because if you are a white guy, and just spent $130/person on tickets to TZ, you don't want to get beat up because you are white. And that is basically what "Caliente'" does throughout the show, flog on White men, who are evil capitalists in the TZ portrayal; actually pretty racist and far too easy to do nowadays. So bad was this caricature of white males, the grand finale' depicted the lead bad guy (who was represented as a southern white male) as a White CLOWN (literally and figuratively). Yes a white clown (in the pejorative), and it was quite deliberate. As a guy with a pretty thick skin, I found this a grotesque attack on ~40% of the very persons who were paying for freaking dinner tonight. Funny, as I looked around the tent, I didn't see many minorities, so basically "Caliente" was attacking a majority of their customer base. WTF? Good marketing TZ. Way to go, you lost a future customer for that crap.

My recommendation is to wait to see TZ after "Caliente" goes away, as decent people should NOT support this sort of outrageous belligerence toward white people. If this sort of show had the same attitude toward any other race, the whole cast would be charged with a hate crime.
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bkgdurango1 | Kent, WA | 2 Reviews

| Fri, November 19, 2010

It's been a couple of years since I have been to a Teatro Zin Zanni show but you can't beat the entertainment and meal value. Great oppurtunity to interact with the performers.
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cchilton1 | Seattle, WA | 282 Reviews

| Mon, March 29, 2010

WOW, if you want to have a night on the town with amazing acrobatics and contortionists - this is the show for you!
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Teatro ZinZanni

222 Mercer St. Seattle, WA 98119

206-802-0015

Description

In Tents

Every Sat., Sun. from May 5 until July 15

Caliente!

6:30 p.m. every Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat. from May 12 until June 10

2011 | Best Theater Company

2010 | Best Equilibrist

Opening Nights: Caliente!

By Erika Hobart | Wed, March 07, 2012

Today Reverb Recommends Seeing Pink's Choreographer in Action at Teatro ZinZanni

By Erika Hobart | Wed, August 24, 2011

Dreya Weber: Aerial Pink

By Erika Hobart | Wed, August 24, 2011

First Call: Teatro de Rizzo

By Erika Hobart | Wed, June 08, 2011

Dare to Dream

By Tim Appelo | Wed, April 21, 2004

james.payne | Seattle, WA | 1 Reviews

bkgdurango1 | Kent, WA | 2 Reviews

cchilton1 | Seattle, WA | 282 Reviews

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