![]() The collection remains on loan to CDT by the Bloomberg family.Ħ. The year before CDT opened, Carol Bloomberg bought a rare collection of engravings by British painter and printmaker William Hogarth that dated back to the 1700s. ![]() James Hotel in Red Wing and what would become Chanhassen Dinner Theatres.ĥ. Carol Bloomberg was an acclaimed interior designer who decorated several governor’s mansions, the Quadna Ski Resort in Hill City, Minn., the St. In its first 50 years, CDT productions have drawn more than 12.5 million people.Ĥ. To celebrate 50 years, here are 50 things you might not know about Chanhassen Dinner Theatres.ġ. The evening will feature special guests in the audience, including founding artistic director Gary Gisselman, several members of the original “How to Succeed in Business” company and the oldest CDT actor, Rita Vassallo. But many began closing in the next decade and today only a handful of them remain. Chanhassen Dinner Theatres is one of the survivors.Ĭhanhassen Dinner Theatres has spent the year celebrating its golden anniversary, and the company premieres its 234th production, “Holiday Inn,” on Friday, the day after CDT officially hits 50. The concept had been born in August 1953 when six actors from New York bought a run-down tavern in Richmond, Va., and turned it into what would become the country’s first dinner theater.ĭinner theaters peaked in popularity in the ’70s, with 147 professional dinner theaters operating around the country in 1976. The couple hoped to succeed in the burgeoning business of offering dinner and a show in the same venue. Fifty years ago this week, Herb and Carol Bloomberg opened Chanhassen Dinner Theatres with a production of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”
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