Surviving cancer changed how director-choreographer works
As Mindy Cooper watches her five-person cast rehearse the curtain call, the fact persists – she has survived breast cancer. While the experience doesn't define her, she will tell you the life-threatening ordeal has clearly changed her.
Director-choreographer Mindy Cooper, right, works with cast members Ryan Drummond and Jill Van Velzer during a recent rehearsal for "A Grand Night for Singing," opening tonight at the Cosmo- politan Cabaret in downtown Sacramento.