Kiki & Herb: Alive On Broadway Comes To Life

American Conservatory Theater is proud to present the production that Ben Brantley of the New York Times stated "has the heat and dazzle of great balls of fire," and called one of the 10 best Broadway shows of 2006: Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway, created and executed by Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman, July 13 through July 29. Tickets-starting at $13--go on sale February 1 via A.C.T.

Ticket Services at 415.749.2228 or online at www.act-sf.org . Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway is made possible in part by producers Jonathan Reinis, Inc., David J. Foster, Jared Geller, Ruth Hendel, Billy Zavelson, Jamie Cesa, Anne Strickland Squadron, and Jennifer Manocherian; and associate producers Gary Allen & Melvin Honowitz.

An exact performance schedule for Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway can be found on the last page of this press release.

Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway is the latest acclaimed cabaret performance featuring Kiki and Herb, the infamous duo created by Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman, who began performing together almost 20 years ago after meeting at a San Francisco nightclub. The fictional biography follows that Kiki (the "boozy chanteusy") was born during the Great Depression and was living in an orphanage in western Philadelphia when she met her partner, accompanist, and "only living friend," Herb.

The duo recount some favorite reminiscences from their heyday (including playing both Monte Carlo in the 1960s and "The Love Boat" in the 1980s) while they deliver rowdy and robust reinterpretations of music from pop acts new and old, including Gnarls Barkley, Elliot Smith, Dan Fogelberg, Public Enemy, The Cure, and more. Along the way, Kiki regales the audience with grand delusions and self-indulgent asides that take on a wide range of subjects from motherhood to gay marriage to presidential politics.

Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway was one of the most acclaimed Broadway productions of 2006. In his year-end column on Broadway's best shows of 2006, Ben Brantley of the New York Times praised Kiki & Herb for "(managing) to celebrate and subvert showbiz stamina and sentimentality in one whiskey-perfumed breath." The Associated Press called the show "hilariously ribald and completely unfettered," and Entertainment Weekly singled out Justin Bond as Kiki, proclaiming, "It's hard to think of a more skillfully woven and consistent performance than Bond's." Variety magazine compared the show to "a funhouse car through overt shtick, topical humor, emotional revelations, and, ultimately, a surreal artiness." -- www.act-sf.org