Fleetwood Mac tribute band Rumours and Dreams will be making their Twin Cities debut at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres on Wednesday, April 25 and Thursday, April 26. Rumours and Dreams features some of Minnesota’s most talented vocalists and musicians including Pamela McNeill, Mary Jane Alm and Jeff Engholm. Continue reading →
The countdown to summer and CDT’s Musical Theatre Camp has begun! Registration is open for all-day and half-day sessions beginning June 18.
This year’s themes are “Musicals of the 90′s” for kids age 8-12 and “Musicals of the New Century” for teens 13-18. Campers will be working with musicals like
The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Wicked, Avenue Q, Hairspray, Mamma Mia and more.
Watch the video for camp director Michelle Barber’s breakdown of a typical camp day and hear what some of the previous year’s campers have to say about the fun that camp offers!
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Sunday March 25, Todd Walker burst through the Hairspray Baltimore garage doors to get an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the “making of” Hairspray. CDT’s Artistic Director, Michael Brindisi gave Todd and the FOX 9 News viewers an in-depth look at the inspirations behind Hairspray. CDT is a production theatre company that creates everything for its production on site with Minnesota artisans and designers. Todd chatted with Costumer Designer Rich Hamson, Prop Master Laura Wilhelm and four members of the cast to talk all things Hairspray.
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The band Menage A Neuf is slated to perform in concert at CDT on March 30!
We are thrilled to present the popular local 9-piece band, Menage a Neuf, in concert on The Club stage for a one-time event on Friday, March 30 at 8:30pm.
Menage a Neuf will burn up The Club stage with their not-so-secret weapon – their trio of powerfully dynamic lead women singers. One of those singers is Andreea Lynn (Parsons) Huikko whose powerful voice has been heard in numerous Chanhassen productions including Cats. These women have a blend like honey and the band lays down a serious groove for them to shine. Continue reading →
During the entire month of March, we are collecting funds to benefit Minnesota FoodShare’s March Campaign. The “Hunger Isn’t Somethin’ to Sing About” Fund Drive is our fourth consecutive effort, this time in conjunction with our production of Hairspray. Our past three fund drive efforts have raised $51,789.00 toward the effort to eradicate hunger in our communities! Continue reading →
If you have been to Chanhassen Dinner Theatres’ Hairspray more than once and have seen it recently, you may have noticed three new faces in our cast. New to the production are Ginger Commodore, Tom Rusterholz, and Keith Rice who have each, respectfully, taken over the lead roles of “Motormouth Maybelle,” “Link Larkin,” and “Edna Turnblad.” The replacements were deemed necessary when we decided to elongate Hairspray’s run to continue through May 26, 2012 (five extra months), and a few principal cast members had already committed to other professional engagements. Continue reading →
A total of one hundred high school students from the Twin Cities’ area and beyond have been selected as part of our second annual StarKid event to honor and celebrate young musical theatre talent in our schools. These StarKids have the amazing opportunity to appear onstage alongside the cast during Hairspray performances in January. A portion of the selected students made their CDT stage debuts this past November.
Each StarKid will be assigned to an actor in the professional acting company and will shadow them during their backstage and onstage experience. Students will receive their own dressing rooms and have publicity photos taken. Continue reading →
CDT Artistic Director Michael Brindisi with HAIRSPRAY cast members and UMD alumnus Kasano Mwanza and Tom Rusterholz.
