A popular entertainment and tourist destination in the Twin Cities, Minnesota is the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre. More than 8 million patrons have seen over 193 shows there since 1968. Given the quality of shows, those numbers aren’t surprising.
People love dinner theater, the idea of enjoying a meal while seeing a show has been around since the first dinner theater opened in 1962. Only six years after that first, Chanhassen dinner theater opened for its first show and its still going strong. 2008 is the 40th anniversary of this popular Minnesota entertainment spot. A lot of top quality shows play there each year.