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Music, dance acting in Invisiible Theatre's Sizzling Summer Sounds cabaret series

It’s not just the heat that’s sizzling this summer. You’ll find the sizzle, too, in Invisible Theatre’s summer cabaret series, Sizzling Summer Sounds. Eight different shows stretched over three weeks make up the series, and they each promise a triple treat — acting, dance and music, says  Susan Claassen , the managing artistic director of The Invisible Theatre and director and producer of the series. Audience members “should expect the unexpected in glorious talent,” says Claassen. The music touches on different genres and generations, with tunes that ranges from ragtime to Carole King. And don’t expect an evening of background sounds. “The music is the highlight, it’s not a sidebar to conversation,” Classen says. This year marks the series’ 25th anniversary, and in celebration some of the original performers from the premiere of Sizzling Summer Sounds are coming back to open the series in “The Borscht Belt Boys and Girl — The Sequel,” featuring veterans of IT’s ca...

Sizzling Summer Sounds opens June 21!

Sizzling Summer Sounds (520) 882-9721 June 21-July 16! Sizzling Summer Sounds Presented by the Invisible Theatre 8 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, Tuesday, June 21, through Saturday, July 16 Arizona Inn, 2200 E. Elm St. $35; discounts and packages available 882-9721 Ann Hampton Callaway will bring her mastery of multiple musical styles in for three performances, June 23-25. The award-winning composer/lyricist/singer/pianist/actress will not only sizzle, but with her full-hearted approach to making music, she is sure to smolder as well. Although she now calls New York home, Callaway grew up in the Chicago area and says music was ever-present, so much so that it was "like breathing. I'm really grateful that I experimented with many different art forms, but I felt music was the most beautiful way to draw all the things I love and do into one field of endeavor." Callaway says that she was particularly inspired by Carole King. "Whatever year Tapestry ...