# Did you go see dinner theater, back in the day?

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**Created:** [January 22, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-go-see-dinner-theater-back-in-the-day/996464 "2024-01-22T02:58:22Z")\
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Been to the Oregon Cabaret Theater here in Ashland a couple of times. Dinner & drinks were served before the show; dessert and more drinks at intermission. Enjoyed both the meals and the shows, although sitting that long in a dining chair is a bit rough. We’re more inclined to skip dinner (which is optional), and just catch the show.

Live theater is a major tourist draw here, since we also have the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; I suspect that influences the quality of the other local theater options. Mediocre theater would not survive long here.

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I went to dinner theater last week - and will probably go two or three times more this year. I don’t know if any of the performers are famous, but they are well-regarded regional performers, the kind of folks who do touring shows in addition to dinner theater performances. And the food is quite good…

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> I saw one as a teenager, dragged there by my mom. Being pedantic, I was taken out of it because although taking place during WW2, all the flags had 50 stars.

As a child I saw several productions in a theater as class trips. Productions specifically for children. They were at the Papermill Playhouse which is not a dinner theater. It’s one of the theaters productions go when they are hoping to take it to Broadway.

I just looked it up and there is a dinner theater not terribly far. I’ve actually driven past it many times because you can see it from Route 78. Never been there.

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