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When audiences attend "Tony 'n'
Tina's Wedding" at the Rio Suite Hotel & Casino, they're not simply
seeing a show, they're participating in a show.
Perhaps "audiences" isn't even the correct
term, because instead of sitting back and watching
a performance, attendees are asked to set aside
reality for a couple of hours and actually become
"guests" at the nuptials of Anthony Nunzio
Jr. and Valentina Lynne Vitale, an Italian-American
couple who come from two slightly dysfunctional
families.
When the two stereotypically Italian families
get together at the wedding and reception, it's
fodder for "America's Funniest Home Videos,"
complete with drunken guests (including the priest),
family bickering, a pregnant maid of honor, bridesmaids
with big hair and tacky red dresses and a flamboyant
brother of the bride.
From the beginning, the guests are asked to be
part of the show by singing along with a hymn
at the wedding.
Then, it's off to the reception where a wedding
singer and band entertain guests and encourage
everyone to dance to standard wedding fare like
the infamous chicken dance, the dollar dance and
"YMCA."
An Italian buffet-style dinner features salad,
lasagna, ravioli and chicken parmesan. There is
also a wedding cake and a champagne toast made
by a less-than-eloquent best man.
As at any wedding, there's also the bouquet toss,
the throwing of the garter and the ubiquitous
wedding photographer snapping photos at every
opportunity. Guests can later purchase the photos
of themselves with the family.
Whether you choose to participate by talking
and dancing with the family (who are all actors
that are never out of character) or you just sit
back and watch the comedy unfolding, "Tony
'n' Tina's Wedding" is a show that anyone
who has ever attended a wedding can relate to.
General ticket price includes: admission to the wedding and reception, Italian buffet dinner, champagne toast, wedding cake, and live dance music.
VIP ticket price includes: all the above, preferred seating, a cannoli and/or an éclair for desert and a bottle of champagne in a chiller on the table.
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