Talk:Dinner theater
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Wikified as part of the Wikification wikiproject! JubalHarshaw 14:02, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
This is an interesting and informative article, thanks to those who compiled it. In Britain, there's never been such a thing as dinner theatre, but I've been aware from reading biographies of Hollywood stars that it is viewed as a bit tacky. Does anyone know, do actors actually perform in dinner theater while people are eating? If so, no wonder that it's perceived as a real step downwards. In Paul Schrader's film AUTO-FOCUS, Bob Crane, as played by Greg Kinnear, is shown reacting angrily to his agent's suggesting it. I suppose the British equivalent, in career terms, is panto in cities outside of London. Dolmance (talk) 14:55, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
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- stub class - this may be Start class info (I don't have the expertise to say with certainty), but that complete lack of citations relegates it to stub status for the moment.
- high importance - This is a fairly general concept, and should probably be addressed and referenced far more thoroughly than it is at present.
--Dereksmootz (talk) 15:38, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Just a little pre-research on Amazon - the books look like they may be promising references:
- Dinner Theatre: A Survey and Directory by William M. Lynk (1993)
- The Cambridge History of American Theatre, Volume 3: Post WWII To 1990's by Don B. Wilmeth and Christopher Bigsby (2000)
- The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre by Don B. Wilmeth (2007)
--Dereksmootz (talk) 16:01, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
