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...really just faked my way through the dancing part of auditions,” Minahan says. “[Theodore] needed someone who could sing, had an all-American look and could learn fast and those I could do. So she sat me down and said, ‘I’m going to take a chance...
...During his three years of intense training with Dance Machine, Minahan toured Japan, met and married his former wife (who he has since divorced) and became a father. His jump onto the Broadway company of Cats soon after its 1982 opening allowed his daughter Sheena Mari to have “something close to a normal childhood,” he says, because it offered steady employment...
...After a year of dancing as an understudy, Minahan was promoted to the position of dance captain, in charge of training new dancers...
...time Minahan left Cats, he had performed 10 of the 12 male roles on stage and trained more than 75 dancers...
...While Minahan says his experience with Broadway’s longest-running show was valuable because it taught him the art of directing, he says his decision to teach was spurred by his creative frustration...