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What is Dinner Theater?

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What is Dinner Theater?

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Dinner theater is a form of live entertainment which includes a meal along with a staged play or cabaret-style show. Quite often the menu is pre-selected by the venue owners or a catered buffet is provided before the show. Dinner theater most likely developed from the popular ‘Supper Clubs’ of the 1940s and 1950s. These nightclubs combined a world-class dining room with a headlining cabaret act, variety show or big band entertainment. As the popularity of these supper clubs waned, new owners renovated the buildings to accommodate stage plays.