Who knew that there are Musical Comedy Cooking Shows Out There? I like comedies and I like cooking shows so i thought it would be fun to see Cooking with the Calamari Sister’s at the Herberger Theater. This show was unlike any show I’ve ever seen before. Delphine and Carmela are suppose to be sisters (played by men) that have a fictional public cooking show. They joke, sing and dance their way through light attempts of preparing food and are naughty with improvisational audience participation. Delphine plays herself as a nun-like church goer and shuns several audience members for not attending church enough though out the show. Delphine is not feminine and talks with the male voice he has. Carmela plays herself as a tramp similar to the way cartoon Bugs Bunny does when he plays himself as a female. Carmela can pass as a female and does until he pops out a startling deep male voice once in a while. Then the illusion of female disappears and you remember he is a man.
They told stories a bit about Italian life with stereotypical Brooklyn Italian family members in the show. The sisters sing many Italian songs such as a racy version of Volare, Botcha Me, Mambo Italiano….and a “Cheesy” Pasta Tarantella Song that really was amazing. It was very fast paced and all rhymed naming maybe a hundred shapes of pasta while they were wildly dancing.
They didn’t actually cook. They prepared an Antipasto Salad with an audience member that they ridiculed. (but it was funny) The antipasto platter and a basket of rolls did get pasted around the audience.
Then they filled cannoli shells with another audience victim. The poor guy got to ware an apron that made him look naked.
They had a short quiz show on their show for three audience members.
Then the Pasta Song got belted out and it was great. I thought it was the highlight of the show. They then sung it again but even faster.
The actors-comedians- singers really were very talented. Hilarious fun and also kind of WEIRD.
For more information please visit www.CalamariSisters.com
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Sorry about the lack of pictures but photography was not permitted in the Theater.
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