Dinner Theatre: Difference between revisions

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At conventional dinner theaters, the plays chosen tend to be [[The Musical]], or other [[Lowest Common Denominator]] crowd-pleasing fare. Another take comes in the form of original spectacles in custom-built arenas designed to entertain family crowds, such as the [[Real Life]] ''Medieval Times'' chain. A popular variation has been to mix dinner theater with [[LARP]] [[Murder Mystery]] theatre, where the audience takes part in the proceedings to solve the crime. Alternatively, the show is set up as an event that encourages mingling between audience and actors, a concept pioneered by ''Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding'' in [[The Eighties]].

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Soap Dish]]'' has Kevin Kline's washed-up character performing ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' at a Dinner Theatre. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAI1SjHcyQA\]

* The film ''[[Auto Focus]]'' recreates Bob Crane having to make do with these kind of theatre roles to make ends meet, after ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'' ends.

* ''[[The Cable Guy]]'' takes his increasingly reluctant buddy to an outpost of ''Medieval Times'' and they wind up duking it out ''Star Trek'' style in the arena itself.

* On ''[[The Simpsons]]'':

** [[Mark Hamill]] performs a ''[[Star Wars]]''-themed dinner theater version of ''[[Guys and Dolls]]''.

** Krusty The Klown also appeared in ''[[King Lear]]'' at the Springfield Dinner Theatre. Homer, a restaurant critic at the time, thought the food wasn't near so hammy as the acting. (It didn't help that Krusty didn't know it was a tragedy.)

** The family also went to a magic-themed dinner theater.

 

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