New Theatre Restaurant

BurliBear
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4 out of 5
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New Theatre Restaurant

  • May 9, 2002
  • Rated 4 of 5 by BurliBear from Overland Park, Kansas
The New Theatre Restaurant is a Dinner Theatre. Doors open at 6:00 P.M. with Salad and biscuits with honey butter served at your table.

At 6:30 P.M., the doors to their buffet dinner open and you can help yourself to all you want to eat. The Chefs are creative and some of the dishes are interesting and different, but even the most selective eater can normally find plenty to eat.

Deserts and all drinks are extra and in my opinion, not cheap. Desert orders are taken by the wait staff prior to the start of the evenings production and then served at your table during the first (and usually only) intermission.

The Theatre produces 5 different shows a year, has around 18,000 season ticket holders and a waiting list for season tickets. The theatre holds about 800 people for each show but you never feel like your in a mob. They are well organized and the theatre is spacious with 8 dinner lines, 4 to each side of the main auditorium.

As far as I know, people wanting tickets who are not season ticket holders usually are able to get them. They may not be quite as close as the season ticket holders but most of the tables in the theatre provide an excellent view of the stage and even the back row can see people, not ants, on the stage.

One tip for non season ticket holders. The theatre only sells season tickets for 8 weeks of each show. If the show runs for 9 weeks, the 9th week is totally available for sale. The show at Christmas Time has open sales during the holidays and About half of the season ticket holders weeks are pushed into the new year as this show runs for about 13 weeks. This lets businesses book Holiday parties for their employees.

Several shows each year have name guest performers. These have included Don Knotts, Jamie Farr, Tom Bosley, Pat Harrington, Loretta Swit, Marion Ross, Tom Poston and many others.

There is plenty of parking for the Theatre in their own lots.

Normally the evening is complete by 10:00 P.M.

One final thing, do not plan on bringing the kids to this theatre. The shows are not geared down to them.

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