Bayless stars on Chicago stage

Chicago's Lookingglass Theater looks to produce an trendy event from dinner theater, joining with chef and TV host Ron Bayless for just about any production that mixes circus functions, a romance narrative together with meals. Show, heftily titled "Ron Bayless in Cascabel: Dinner -- Daring -- Desire," is created by Bayless, Tony Hernandez and Heidi Stillman. Hernandez and Stillman formerly labored with with Lookingglass on "Hephaestus," a similarly cirque-esque offering that preemed in 2008 and returned for just about any 2010 run. Bayless, a champion of Bravo skein Top Chef Masters, has situated PBS series "Mexico: One Plate at a timeInch for eight seasons and counting. He's also the founding father from the Windy City restaurant chain whose flagship is Frontera Grill. Bayless may even star in "Cascabel," occur a Mexican boarding house inside the 19 forties. Plot concentrates on a chef who falls deeply deeply in love with a girl who not eat. Hernandez, an connect artist with Lookingglass, is topper of Silverguy Entertainment, which produces "Cascabel" with Lookingglass and Frontera Grill. Stillman can be a part of the theater troupe's ensemble of normal collaborators. Getting a complete meal agreed to every patron, tickets top out $205 for a lot of weekend perfs. Cascabel" emerges outdoors of Lookingglass' primary 2011-12 slate, made up of recent tuners "The Fantastic Fire" and "Eastland" additionally to experience "Mr. Ough Calls a celebration.In . Cascabel" runs March 23-April 22 within the company's venue in downtown Chi. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com