Tommy Tune-Directed BONSOIR LILIANE! Opens Tomorrow in Seattle

Directed by Broadway's renowned song and dance man and nine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune, BONSOIR LILIANE! will play Teatreo ZinZanni's Seattle location beginning tomorrow, September 1.

The show, which is based on the career of Liliane Montevecchi, will feature the actress herself in the lead role. She is joined by Kevin Kent, Ariana Lallone, Tobias Larsson, Les Petits Freres, Vita Radionova and Diva and the Dixies.

A native Texan, Mr. Tune began his career as a dancer in the Broadway shows Baker Street, A Joyful Noise and How Now Dow Jones. He would soon step out of the chorus and into a principal role in the Broadway musical Seesaw, which won him his first Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. His first Broadway directing and choreography credits were for the original production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Tune has been honored with nine Tony Awards celebrating him as a performer, choreographer and director (Best Actor in a Musical for My One and Only, Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Seesaw, Best Choreography for A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, My One and Only, Grand Hotel and The Will Rogers Follies, and Best Direction of a Musical for Nine, Grand Hotel and The Will Rogers Follies).

In addition, Tune has been awarded eight Drama Desk Awards, three Astaire Awards and the Society of Directors and Choreographers' George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement. Film credits include Hello Dolly, The Boyfriend, Mimi Bluette... fiore del mio giardino, and in 1999, he made his Las Vegas debut as the star of EFX at the MGM Grand Hotel. Tune is the recipient of The National Medal of Arts, the highest honor for artistic achievement in the land given by the President of the United States, and he has been honored with his own star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 2009, Mr. Tune was designated as a Living Landmark by the New York Landmarks Conservancy, and this year Mr. Tune marks his 50th year in show business with his latest work, Steps In Time which is currently playing around the country. Bonsoir Liliane! is his Teatro ZinZanni debut.

The show is slated to open tomorrow and run through through January 29. For more information, visit http://dreams.zinzanni.org/.