"Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding" is playing at the Rio Hotel & Casino. This show has been successfully running there for over four years, and it doesn't look as if the success is going to wane anytime soon. If you love attending weddings, then this is an experience you'll enjoy. This show has the essence of every wedding that you've ever attended, and all the mishaps that you've ever heard of at a wedding. The skilled cast ad libs and improvises their way through an enjoyable evening.

The interactive dinner theatre concept works for a lot of people, but certainly does not work for everyone. To really enjoy this show, then you must get involved. You need to actively interact and become caught up in the excitement of the events happening around you---you must buy in to the production, suspend your disbelief, and have a good time. If you choose to sit back and passively watch and wait for the entertainment, then you will quickly become the wall flower at the dance and miss all of the best parts of the production.

This is, in fact, just like attending a wedding and reception...but this is the wacky and fun wedding that you've always heard about. There is the heightened reality of the situation, along with the insanity, and while many aspects of the show slip into the stereotypical, it is mostly about making an ordinary event extraordinary.

The cast basically works from an outline; from which they fill in all of the blanks. There are a series of events that have to happen, but exactly how they happen will change on a nightly basis depending on the audience involvement. The cast is very adept at bringing each of these characters to life and defining them in very specific terms. The interaction between each of the actors and with the audience is great.

The dinner served at the "reception" is fair---lots of pasta and a chicken dish. The beverages are not included, and the wedding cake is mediocre.

The show is presented in the Calypso Room at the Rio---which is out the back door and into a converted warehouse space originally built for an aerial show. The space has its drawbacks, but seems to work fine for the production.

"Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding" is a fun production if you have a desire to experience the entertaining side of nuptials, and in general, love the interactive dinner theatre genre. The best part of the show is the cast. They are the driving and compelling part of the show. They do a good job at creating their characters and interacting with the audience.


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