Block 37 Gets Acrobatic

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Oct 12, 2009 4:40PM

The beleaguered Block 37 project is getting an aerial boost: the project is reported to be in "advanced talks" with Seattle/San Francisco-based Teatro ZinZanni, which describes itself as, "a bewitching evening of European Cabaret and Cirque, Divas and Madmen, Spectacle and Sensuality with Live Music and a Gourmet Five-Course Dinner." According to Crain's, Teatro ZinZanni would set up shop in part of the project's top floor. Chicago-based Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Inc., already providing food for the Block 37 project's third-floor food court, would provide food service to Teatro ZinZanni. Block 37 also announced the addition of cosmetics shop Sephora to its list of clients.

Though Crain's suggests Teatro ZinZanni involves burlesque and is an experience that "combines burlesque and R-rated acrobatics," the group says on their Seattle website that, though the show features "somewhat sophisticated humor," there's no age requirement for the show and the San Francisco location only forbids children under five due to safety reasons.