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"  Albert Trummer disappears for a moment. He flips a switch somewhere backstage and an arch of bright lights turns on over an elevated onyx bar backed by heavy red curtains from a forties theater. He appears center stage and introduces his latest nightspot, Theater Bar, a world in which he is the director and the bartenders are the stars. Trummer, who created the term &amp;quot;bar chef&amp;quot; to describe his profession, opened Apotheke two years on little-known Doyers Street in Chinatown. At Apotheke, bartenders in lab coats serve up herb- and botanical-infused designed to be stress relievers, aphrodisiacs and other remedies. Unlike its medicinal predecessor, Theater Bar is all about dramatics with a cocktail menu broken up into &amp;quot;acts&amp;quot; instead of ailment cures. Not that drama is new for Trummer who was famous for lighting both cocktails and the bar on fire at Apotheke before fire marshalls put an end to that earlier this summer. &amp;quot;Every country has its own rituals,&amp;quot; Trummer explains. In Italy they have the sambuca, in France they have the absinthe, in Sweden they have the hot toddy, in Scotland they drink scotches. And every one of those drinks has a ritual, a special preparation and we focus on that here.&amp;quot; For example, drinks originating in Mexico to be mixed tableside with a mariachi performance. &amp;quot;My inspiration is Viennese theater meets the Moulin Rouge,&amp;quot; Trummer says. The look of the venue is inspired by his childhood experiences backstage at Vienna&amp;#039;s theaters and opera houses while the cocktail presentations have cabaret flair. Tableside mariachis are only the beginning. Trummer gestures to the ample space in front of the bar and behind where there is room for dancers and even cirque du soleil-style performers to descend from the ceiling. A lucky few will get a sneak preview at fashion week parties while everyone else will have to wait a bit longer to see what tricks he has up his sleeve. &amp;quot;I want to present the bartender as a rockstar,&amp;quot; Trummer says. He has been auditioning his stars at preview events like a Studio 54-themed birthday party for Libby Keatinge who entered on a white horse in homage to Bianca Jagger. Of course, Tummer himself will also be behind the bar ensuring the quality of the cocktails remains in compliance with his lofty standards. &amp;quot;Everything we do here is to elevate the cocktails,&amp;quot; the consummate mixologist reminds. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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