Bayless stars on Chicago stage

Chicago's Lookingglass Theater looks to create an trendy event from dinner theater, joining with chef and TV host Ron Bayless for any production that mixes circus functions, a romance narrative along with a meal. Show, heftily entitled "Ron Bayless in Cascabel: Dinner -- Daring -- Desire," is produced by Bayless, Tony Hernandez and Heidi Stillman. Hernandez and Stillman formerly worked with with Lookingglass on "Hephaestus," a similarly cirque-esque offering that preemed in 2008 and came back for any 2010 run. Bayless, a champion of Bravo skein Top Chef Masters, has located PBS series "Mexico: One Plate at any given timeInch for eight seasons and counting. He's also the founding father of the Windy City restaurant chain whose flagship is Frontera Grill. Bayless will even star in "Cascabel," occur a Mexican boarding house within the nineteen forties. Plot focuses on a chef who falls deeply in love with a lady who does not eat. Hernandez, an connect artist with Lookingglass, is topper of Silverguy Entertainment, which produces "Cascabel" with Lookingglass and Frontera Grill. Stillman is really a person in the theater troupe's ensemble of standard collaborators. Having a full meal offered to every patron, tickets top out $205 for many weekend perfs. Cascabel" emerges outdoors of Lookingglass' primary 2011-12 slate, composed of recent tuners "The Truly Amazing Fire" and "Eastland" in addition to play "Mr. Ough Calls a conference.Inch Cascabel" runs March 23-April 22 in the company's venue in downtown Chi. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com