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 There’s a tale to underscore every dish and course which gives new meaning to a dinner theater. —

Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 Parton’s Florida panhandle project won’t be her maiden voyage into the world of dinner theater. —

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for dinner theater

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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 5 Nov. 2024.

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