dinner theater

noun

: a restaurant in which a play is presented after the meal is over

Examples of dinner theater in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The two Medieval Times dinner theaters were part of a wave of organizing in recent years at workplaces not traditionally represented by unions, such as strippers at a North Hollywood bar and baristas at Starbucks locations. Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024 New York is also home to the highest percentage of unmarried people in the country and the highest number of theater and dinner theater companies per capita. Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2024 Following weeks of training sessions, students will perform during a dinner theater show for family and friends. Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2024 When a mystery dinner theater event goes well, audience members are confident their collective cunning led to the successful resolution of the case. Nate Bennett, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024 How to Plan a Ski Trip to Snowmass Where to Stay Limelight Hotel Limelight Hotel Aspen, which started out as a dinner theater and nightclub in the 1950s, has since gone through several major renovations (and a few different owners) and is now a popular 126-room property. Brandon Perlman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2024 The dinner theater idea was inspired by a trip to Dubai two years ago where Nicks visited Billionaire club, a dinner show and club. Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2024 The Best Times to Go to Disney World for Fewer Crowds and Beautiful Weather Explore Unique Dining Options For park-like excitement on a day without tickets, consider a dinner theater show, like the family-friendly Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue at The Campsites at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort. Carlye Wisel, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023 More than 330,000 people tuned into the livestream on Kick Wednesday night, according to streaming data, which featured not the dictator himself, but a Hong Kong native in a pinstriped suit that looked like it had been pulled from a Sheboygan dinner theater production of Guys and Dolls. Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dinner theater was in 1959

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“Dinner theater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dinner%20theater. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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