: theatrical productions of stock companies presented during the summer
Examples of summer stock in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebExtravagances like Broadway shows weren’t in their budget, so Michaelson grew up on summer stock productions.—Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024 As a teen-ager, Rauch worked at a summer stock theatre in Westport, Connecticut.—Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2024 Big stars from Marlon Brando to Groucho Marx to Tallulah Bankhead played there during the heyday of the summer stock era.—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2024 In one Massachusetts summer stock production, Sinclair Lewis himself appeared onstage, playing the role of the heroic journalist who helps defeat the fascist militia.—Adam Hochschild, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023 Early summer stock market enthusiasm has all but died out, with investors selling U.S. equity exchange-trade funds for a second straight week.—Jack Pitcher, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2023 One reason the summer stock market rally is cooling: Mixed signals on inflation.—WSJ, 11 Aug. 2023 Her third and last performance as Emily is in a Michigan summer stock production, in a town called Tom Lake.—Priscilla Gilman, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023 Because of their cold-weather hardiness, mums require a slightly different care routine than your standard summer stock like begonias and petunias.—Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 20 July 2023
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