SEATTLE VICE to Return to The Triple Door
Creators Opal Peachey and Mark Siano bring original songs, burlesque, and live music to The Triple Door.
From the smoky VIP booths of Lake City Way to the neon-lit corners of Pioneer Square, Seattle Vice resurrects the scandalous true story of infamous "Stripper King" Frank Colacurcio - and the tunes and politics that defined a generation. Performances will run July 10-18.
Award winning creators Opal Peachey and Mark Siano are best known for their popular genre-bending cabaret Bohemia. Seattle Vice is a hot-summer left turn for Triple Door audiences, taking them on a scandalous ride through the nightclubs of Seattle's history. Inspired by journalist Rick Anderson's book Seattle Vice, this musical peels back the glittery curtain on sex, politics, and power in the Emerald City.
“Rick Anderson came to see the first production of Seattle Vice live at ACT Theater in 2014, and he absolutely loved it,” says composer/creator/performer Mark Siano (A Very Die Hard Christmas, Jesus Christ Superstar). “He sadly passed away a few years back, so now we're taking the chapters of the book we didn't touch and making a new show around them. These are all real clubs, real people who lived in our city, before the tech industry took over.”
This show is on brand for Peachey and Siano, with unique performance styles featuring original songs, “70s Bangers”, pole dance, burlesque, live music, comedy, acrobatics, and an alternative history that appeals to Seattle locals as well as tourists and newbies who'd like a peep into the underbelly we've tried hard to clean up in recent years.
When the most recent installment of Seattle Vice was presented at The Triple Door last year it opened to cheering crowds and critical acclaim. The Stranger's Nathalie Graham proclaimed, “Nothing is more Seattle than making a weird variety show about niche local history…I loved it.”
Directed and Choreographed by Katy Tabb (9 to 5, Legally Blonde, Spring Awakening, Bohemia) audiences will delight in Broadway-style dance numbers and a tight storyline that features a star turn from Gregory Award winning actor Ray Tagavilla as Colacurcio himself.
“We love breaking your expectations. This is our version of our history” says playwright Opal Peachey (Café Nordo/Nebula Seattle) “You think you know what Seattle is all about? Read ‘em and weep.”
More from The Stranger's Nathalie Graham. “The timing resonates. Seattle Vice asks us to sit back and enjoy, but also to think about whether the show as it is would exist today without the strip club moratorium or the strip-club alcohol ban. Burlesque and circus, artforms pivotal to Seattle Vice, may not have boomed locally if strip clubs weren't so sanitized. It's mostly a silly time, but also surprisingly educational."
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