ICE CREAM to Temper Steamy Nights at Can Can Kitchen and Cabaret This Summer

Nothing says summer like hot weather and ice cream, so who can't get behind steamy nights and an ice cream theme! Seattle's own Can Can Kitchen and Cabaret invites you to its latest effervescent, dance-crazed spectacle, ICE CREAM, the historic venue's kick-off to the summer season.

ICE CREAM is Can Can's latest original production featuring performances from the professional dancers of the Can Can Company and a market fresh menu of seasonal dishes and cocktail treats curated by in-house Chef John Gilbert. Tickets to ICE CREAM are on sale now and available by calling (877) 280-7831 or by visiting the online box office at TheCanCan.com.

The historic Can Can venue transforms into a doo-wop ice cream shop for its latest production. Located underneath the world-famous Pike Place Market for over 10 years, the intimate setting is evocative of Paris at the turn of the 20th Century, and as such its productions capture that same excitement and spirit through dance, performance, music, and food. Can Can choreographer Fae Phalen, a Cornish grad and former Seagal, approaches each new production collaboratively with the dancers in the company, working to play up themes each show focuses on. "We have a very unique space to work within for our shows - it is an ongoing effort for us to push forward artistically within our space and to be inventive with how we use it, making changes with each new show we produce," Phalen comments. "We are very excited that with ICE CREAM we will be introducing new video mapping technologies that integrates with the choreography and costuming, as opposed to just using video as a backdrop. Featuring a vast array of music spanning from original works, rearranged/remixed classics by production duo Pink + Pezzner to local band Manatee Commune, there are newly designed set pieces, and a performance apparatus that will bring our dancers even closer to the audience. So close you'll smell the glitter!"

ICE CREAM is inspired by all-time favorite summer cult-classics like "Grease," "Cry Baby," and "Hairspray," and thus the menu seasonally reflects its theme. Stacked with mouth-watering dishes like Spicy Buttermilk Fried Chicken and Seared Cajun Yellowtail Tuna, Can Can sources much of its foods from its neighbors at Pike Place Market -- Beecher's cheese curds for its Tenderloin Poutine or mushrooms from Frank's Produce in its Wild Mushroom Ravioli. To top it off, seasonal craft cocktails make the menu complete - try a Mr. Pink, named after Can Can artistic director Chris Pink who has recently been named Mayor of Pike Place Market, or a Cowboy Cola made with bourbon, lemon, sarsaparilla simple syrup, with a rhubarb amaro float.

In addition to the celebrated dinner shows, Can Can will also produce an all ages appropriate matinee production of ICE CREAM, which will play on the weekends only - kids and families welcome. For these Magnificent Matinees, the brunch menu is offered, featuring more locally sourced dishes like the Ellenos Parfait, Egg Sandwich with Beecher's cheddar, three benedicts, and so much more.

The complete dinner show cast features: Jonny Boy, Le Minx, Neon Keon, Fair Elise, Baby Kate, and Sugar Shay.

The complete brunch show cast features: Tom Tom the Phenomenon, Joel from Personnel, Lindy Lou, Alissa Bliss, and Legs Benedict

To see complete dinner and brunch menus, visit TheCanCan.com.

ICE CREAM runs June 9 - October 1, 2017. Performance times: Wednesday-Sunday at 7:00 p.m.; Friday and Saturday at 9:30 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday Family Brunch at 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. - all ages and kids welcome at Can Can Cabaret, Pike Place Market, 94 Pike St B, Seattle. Tickets start at $10 - ON SALE NOW. Celebrate your guest of honor with a "Celebration Package" available for purchase on all shows. For ticket reservations, call (877) 280-7831 or go online at thecancan.com.

Can Can Cabaret is an original show that celebrates over a decade of dance, theatre, and music while also offering a market fresh menu of seasonal delights and libations carefully curated and prepared by Chef John Gilbert. Founded in 2005 by artistic director Chris Pink and nestled underneath the world-famous Pike Place Market, Can Can's intimate underground setting is evocative of Paris at the turn of the 20th Century. At the heart of the institution is Can Can's core creative team whose transformation of the unique venue with each new show features ever-changing scenic design, choreography, music, costuming, and more several times a year. In addition to its celebrated dinner shows, Can Can also produces seductive late nights, all ages matinee brunch shows, and various live music, variety extravaganza's both at Can Can as well as its sister venue FRED Wildlife Refuge, and with various venues in Seattle. Can Can also welcomes the public into its Absinthe and Craft Cocktail Bar, open 5:00 p.m. to close from Wednesday-Sunday with no cover.

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