After the America's Cup pushed Teatro ZinZanni out of its current Embarcadero home, Mayor Lee announced today that the dinner-theater show's new spot will be located at a triangular parcel, located where Broadway and Davis meet the Embarcadero. "I am delighted that Teatro ZinZanni, one of San Francisco’s valued organizations, is staying on our beautiful waterfront where they will continue to keep hundreds of jobs here locally and serve thousands of residents and visitors," said Mayor Lee. more ›

If you want to catch Teatro ZinZanni's final show at Pier 29, called On the Air, you'll need to get on it quick. The new production itself--about a local radio station in need of funding to stay on the air--mirrors ZinZanni's own plight about being forced out, if you will, by the America's Cup. ZinZanni announced the news on their site, saying: more ›

Teatro ZinZanni invited us (read: comped) to their 10th anniversary gala and kids summer camp kick-off party this week. They're launching a circus summer camp to teach kids 9-16yo uni-cycling, spinning plates, or juggling, in addition to the daily performances. Right away, they told us why we should attend their three-hour circus and dinner performance, rather than say, the Peter Pan upstart which opened Tuesday night, also under a tent by the Embarcadero: You aren't going to see cleavage like this at Peter Pan, deadpanned Christine Deaver, one of the singers/comedians at the Gala. more ›

ABC 7 has this report about Halloween in SF, sans bridge traffic, and it turns out business was still strong at places like Rouge on Polk (which has $500 bottle service at the booths!) and Teatro ZinZanni, which both depend heavily on their East Bay following. The turnout in the Castro -- while still festively large with many gays doing their one night of drag for the year -- was not as huge and unruly as in previous years (one reveler in the video notes the lack of "riff-raff"), and there were plenty of cops on hand telling everyone to stay on the sidewalks. more ›