The Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts near Ruidoso is having a tasty event this weekend.
Andy Lo Russo, known as "The Singing Chef," will be singing and cooking onstage. All patrons will dine on stage with Lo Russo while he prepares the four-course Italianat meal and sings Broadway standards and operatic classics.
The four-course meal Lo Russo has planned for the Spencer includes: Fennel & Orange Salad with Walnuts and Sherry Vinaigrette • Chicken Scaloppini with Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Julienne Vegetables • Bracioli with Red Sauce over Creamy Polenta • and Nona Grace’s Ricotta Cake.
He will cook and sing his way through each course being prepared for the patrons.
The show starts with an upbeat, popular song called Tarantella (La-ta-da-da-ta-da...) as he dances through the the seated patrons at their tables on stage. Among the arias are La Donna E. Moblie from “Rigoletto,” Santa Lucia, That’s Amore, Torna a Sorrento and Arrivederci Roma. “I like to snake through the audience, followed by the wait staff,” he says, “and get the energy in the room sizzling.
Dinner show will be at 6 p.m. Aug. 20. Cost is $85. Call the theater box office at 575.336.4800 or go to www.spencertheater.com todayThe "Cabaret

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