Article: Chanhassen's `Camelot' so good it'll make you cry.(NEWS)

Byline: Graydon Royce; Staff Writer

A companion snuffled back tears as she asked on the way out of Chanhassen Dinner Theatre's opening of "Camelot" on Friday night: "Where did they get that guy?"

Not a theater regular, she can be forgiven for not recognizing Steve Hendrickson, who has practiced his craft on many Twin Cities stages. But her curiosity spoke for the many patrons who had moments earlier jumped to their feet to applaud Hendrickson's brilliant portrayal of the complex, tormented King Arthur in Lerner and Loewe's musical meditation on chivalry, love, idealistic peace and above all, nobility.

It is that essential decency in Hendrickson's Arthur that ...

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