The Village Voice recently noted "There's no business like Gaynor's show business" and now fresh on the heels of attracting a new generation of fans with her acclaimed PBS musical documentary, Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years, -- Green Isle Inc. has announced the world premiere of Mitzi Gaynor's all new one-woman show, RAZZLE DAZZLE! MY LIFE BEHIND THE SEQUINS opening Saturday, January 10th (8:00PM) at the historic Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.
BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you the first news of the upcoming production and even more thrilled to debut the show poster art and two of Bob Mackie's exclusive costume design sketches for RAZZLE DAZZLE! MY LIFE BEHIND THE SEQUINS.
Mitzi will bring her incomparable brand of showmanship back to the stage in this new theatrical production, a glittering multimedia one woman tour-de-force of music and memories from her show-stopping life and career. RAZZLE DAZZLE! MY LIFE BEHIND THE SEQUINS reunites the Golden Globe® nominee with the original creative team behind her acclaimed television specials and concert performances -- world renowned fashion icon Bob Mackie, who has designed eight new breathtaking costumes for Ms. Gaynor's return to the stage, Emmy®-winning director/choreographer Tony Charmoli (Woman of the Year) and Emmy® nominated musical arrangers Dick DeBenedictis (Funny Lady) and Bill Dyer (An Evening with Diana Ross). 
Along with a seven piece orchestra led by musical director/pianist Ed Czach, orchestrations by Ovation Award winner Colin R. Freeman (Songs My Mother Taught Me) and Helen Hayes Award nominee Nick DeGregorio (42nd Street National Tour), Mitzi will perform a virtual songfest of signature musical hits from her film, television and nightclub catalog including "There's No Business Like Show Business", "Honey Bun" and "I Can Cook, Too." The show will afford the performer the opportunity to reprise one of her fondly remembered television and nightclub characterizations, "The Hipsy-Pipsy Gypsy", in addition to performing a diverse slate of song selections from John Kander and Fred Ebb, Leon Redbone, Irving Berlin and Betty Comden and Adolph Green amongst others while also tackling new material from the recent Tony-winning Broadway hit The Drowsy Chaperone - all set to brand-new staging and choreography by Mr. Charmoli.
RAZZLE DAZZLE! MY LIFE BEHIND THE SEQUINS is an intimate and affectionate love letter to that fun "razzle-dazzle" era of show business featuring Mitzi's often hilarious recollections of famous friends and costars including Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Marlene Dietrich and more. Interspersed with dazzling television & film footage and rare personal photos, embraced in a concert setting, this two-act multimedia theatrical extravaganza is a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the electrifying magic and incredible spirit of a true entertainment icon.
For the first time Mitzi shares personal stories, moving reminiscences and behind-the-scenes anecdotes from her life and remarkable show business career including those of starring in such classic motion pictures as There's No Business Like Show Business, Les Girls, The Joker is Wild, making the blockbuster adaptation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific and performing in her Emmy®-winning television specials and nightclub & concert appearances that secured her place as an entertainment superstar.
