How to Use dinner theater in a Sentence

dinner theater

noun
  • Think of it like dinner theater but from the safety of your car.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2020
  • There has been a void in the dinner theater world since Queen of the Night closed, and Story Course is filling it.
    Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit, 5 Feb. 2018
  • The goal isn’t to turn your home into dinner theater, but to set gentle guidelines and get the ball rolling.
    Alison Roman, Bon Appétit, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The idea for this dinner theater started in Carbone’s home town, New York City, in 2013.
    Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The Lukes decided to open their own dinner theater in Slidell.
    Sharon Edwards, NOLA.com, 9 Aug. 2020
  • There was also the dinner theater episode with Ellen Barkin and Tim Meadows.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Even the restaurant felt a little like dinner theater, with the vista beyond the glass walls putting on a nightly show.
    Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2022
  • The park is offering refunds to all guests who had planned to attend the dinner theater shows.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Now there's one more to add to the list: musical dinner theater by Story Course.
    Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit, 5 Feb. 2018
  • The inn has been a tavern, an inn, a boarding school and a dinner theater and is currently a bed and breakfast.
    USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2020
  • The couple took in a show at the Robot Restaurant, a dinner theater in Tokyo, according to E!
    Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 22 July 2018
  • Marc Dube of Bristol will be the executive chef at the dinner theater.
    Susan Dunne, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • First off, the dining room is outfitted like a dinner theater, with plants and tablecloths and linen napkins.
    Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Feb. 2018
  • After solving that case, Charlie ends up working for a dinner theater right as a deadly show is about to take place.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 10 Feb. 2023
  • For 45 years, Magnuson served as the stage manager at the nation's largest dinner theater, calling shows in all four stages in the complex.
    Rohan Preston, Star Tribune, 8 Feb. 2021
  • When Heche got her first showbiz gig working at a dinner theater in Swainton at age 12, the family was living at a friend’s house.
    Vulture, 16 Aug. 2022
  • In short, my dad appreciates when a Pitchfork act carries a whiff of dinner theater.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 22 July 2019
  • The venue acts as relaxing lounge during the day and dinner theater venue at night with aerialists and musicians.
    Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The district has recently gained a number of hotels, restaurants and a dinner theater.
    Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 4 July 2023
  • In recent years, Hunter appeared in dinner theaters and organized film projects.
    Shawn Marsh, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2018
  • The show performers and stable hands at Medieval Times in Buena Park became the second castle in the dinner theater show chain to unionize.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The previous production was performed four years ago in a small space at Franca's Italian Restaurant that is now the rehearsal room for the dinner theater.
    Don Maines, Houston Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2018
  • On a nearly empty black stage, the cast of 14 is milling about in what look like street clothes, seeming to make food at a communal table as if this were dinner theater, or not theater at all.
    New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The first day of indoor dining was quiet at Tudor House, a historic dinner theater in Lake Arrowhead.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Medieval Times, the Buena Park dinner theater that features horses and jousting.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2021
  • The new dinner theater will be situated between MedCraft and Best Buy.
    Susan Dunne, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • But the Magic Time Machine wasn't always kiddie dinner theater.
    René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Ten years ago the 28-lane establishment was converted into a dinner theater that was briefly in business.
    Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2021
  • Interactive dinner theater plays out in a 1920s speakeasy.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 25 June 2023
  • When Prince decided in the 1980s to buy property and build a recording complex in Chanhassen, then a sleepy town known mainly for its dinner theater, his friends were baffled.
    Katy Read, Star Tribune, 11 Nov. 2020

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