Tommy Tune to Direct Liliane Montevecchi in Bio-Musical Bonsoir Liliane!

Nine-time Tony winner Tommy Tune will direct Bonsoir Liliane! a musical tribute to Tony-winning French dancer Liliane Montevecchi at Seattle's Teatro ZinZnni. The original production, starring Montevecchi herself, will feature many standards from the star's career. The show runs from September 1 through January 29, 2012.

Bonsoir Liliane! will feature Kevin Kent as the conductor as well as Ariana Lallone, Tobias Larsson, contortionist Vita Rodionova, acrobatic troupe Les Petits Freres and musical trio Diva and Dixies. The artists will visually recreate various memories (real and fantasy) from Montevecchi's life.

Montevecchi began her career as a ballerina in Roland Petit's dance company before appearing in films like Daddy Long Legs and King Creole. She made her Broadway debut in La Plume de Ma Tante in 1958 and returned to the Great White Way in 1964's Folies Bergere. Montevecchi was directed by Tune in the original 1982 production of Tony-winning musical Nine, which earned her a Tony Award for  Best Featured Actress in a Musical, with Tune taking home the Best Director trophy.