The Norse mythos may at first seem an odd fit for Teatro ZinZanni’s voluptuous red-velvet atmosphere (one thing Viking culture was not was sybaritic), but here’s how they make it work as the theme of their new dinner circus/cabaret: It’s Ragnarok eve, aka the final battle of good vs. evil, and Wotan and the rest of the Wagnerian pantheon are ready to par-tay! Geoff Hoyle plays “Dinner at Wotan’s” host–and his mother (something like Dame Edna seen through a Craig Ferguson lens), and, in what weirdly turned out to be the show’s funniest bit, borscht-belt comic “Red Bottoms.” Soprano Kristin Clayton plays Brunnhilde, PNB alumna Ariana Lallone adds statuesque beauty with her dance routines, and the “Vertical Tango” team of Sam Payne and Sandra Feusi return from TZ’s previous show to earn the evening’s wildest applause. Wall-to-wall music–“Norwegian Wood,” Grieg, The Police, Carmina burana, and Queen–seasons the five-course dinner spread out leisurely among the impressive acrobatic acts and nudge-nudge shtick. GAVIN BORCHERT
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