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&nbsp;Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 19kA local theater has cancelled a production of Roger &amp; Hammerstein's Cinderella because its cast was 'too white'.&nbsp;Chanhassen Dinner Theatres was scheduled to stage the show later this year before its artistic director stepped in to slam its lack of diversity.&nbsp;'It was 98 percent white, ' the artistic director, Michael Brindisi, told theon Wednesday after looking at who had been cast.&nbsp;However, Chanhassen - located southwest of Minneapolis - has a population that is overwhelming white, and the racial demographics of the cast were not strikingly different from the city as a whole.&nbsp;According to the most recent census, 92.5 percent of people in&nbsp;Chanhassen are white. Less than 3 percent of residents are Hispanic, while 1.1 percent are black.&nbsp;No photos of the Cinderella cast were officially released before the show was scrapped.&nbsp; In a statement released on Monday, the theater stated: 'After careful consideration and with our ongoing commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, we have made the decision to cancel our upcoming production.'In addition to changing future programming, we are establishing new pre-production protocols. We will be inviting (and paying) BIPOC artists to analyze the production with our creative teams through a new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion lens... This conversation will happen before the design and casting process has begun.'Chanhassen Dinner Theatres have hired a diversity consultant and pledged a commitment to 'identity-conscious casting and becoming a more intentionally anti-racist theater'.&nbsp;Meanwhile, the organization is current[ly putting together a production of The Music Man and has a 'strong priority placed on casting BIPOC artists'.&nbsp; Meanwhile, Brindisi told the Pioneer Press that the theater considered recasting the Cinderella.&nbsp;However, they decided to scrap the show and start from scratch with a separate production.&nbsp;While some cast members were upset by the news, Brinidisi says that most 'respected the very hard decision we had to make.'&nbsp;Chanhassen Dinner Theatres will replace Cinderella&nbsp; with a more diverse adaptation of Footloose, now scheduled for 2022.&nbsp;Share what you thinkThe comments below have not been moderated.The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.We are no longer accepting comments on this article.Published by Associated Newspapers LtdPart of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday &amp; Metro Media Group&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

&nbsp;Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 19kA local theater has cancelled a production of Roger &amp; Hammerstein's Cinderella because its cast was 'too white'.&nbsp;Chanhassen Dinner Theatres was scheduled to stage the show later this year before its artistic director stepped in to slam its lack of diversity.&nbsp;'It was 98 percent white, ' the artistic director, Michael Brindisi, told theon Wednesday after looking at who had been cast.&nbsp;However, Chanhassen - located southwest of Minneapolis - has a population that is overwhelming white, and the racial demographics of the cast were not...

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