dinner theater

noun

1. a restaurant in which a stage production is performed during or after dinner.

2. stage productions performed in dinner theaters.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dinner theater¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

“Family Meal” is a modern updating of the old-fashioned idea of dinner and a show, only this dinner theater presentation isn’t simply about being wined, dined and passively entertained.

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Orange County residents do attend more live theater, which includes dinner theater, than Angelenos, and more symphony, opera and concerts.

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Scheel conceived its productions as a kind of cabaret dinner theater — a place for his talented friends to belt out show tunes of a cinematic variety when such opportunities were glancingly few in L.A.

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He took in projection dinner shows on cruise ships, animated table shows, some more traditional dinner theater and, of course, elaborately themed restaurants.

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Gadd, a Los Angeles native, has a background in theater, and in the past has helped run a dinner theater franchise.

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