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Article: It's the bomb; Chanhassen Dinner Theatres edges into new territory with the arch, irreverent "The Big Bang.".(VARIETY / FREETIME)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- March 12, 2004
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Byline: Graydon Royce; Staff Writer
`They'd never do that at Chanhassen."
That's what actor Jay Albright thought when he first read "The Big Bang" a few years ago. It is a friendly enough show, with lots of humor and music, but the dialogue had a tart, irreverent edge that seemed to doom its chances of ever landing in the Twin Cities theater world's ValleyFair.
Lo and behold, Albright opens the Midwest premiere of the show tonight with fellow Chanhassen denizen Scott Blackburn, in the intimate downstairs Playhouse at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. The production continues a flirtation with newer material that artistic director Michael Brindisi ...