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La Comedia Dinner Theatre is located in
Springboro, Ohio Springboro is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. A suburb of Cincinnati and Dayton, it is located mostly in Warren County in Clearcreek and Franklin Townships; with a small portion in Miami Township in Montgomery County. The city is part of the ...
. La Comedia is one of the nation's oldest and largest professional dinner theaters with
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-style productions. Having entertained over six million guests, 2021 marks the 47th season. The theatre produces between 6 and 9 productions each year and also hosts music groups for short gigs. Guests are first served dinner buffet style and the show follows. Each production plays for about 6 to 8 weeks. La Comedia opened January 28, 1975 with the production of 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' under the direction of E.Mac Vestal, Jr. One of the first advertisements for the dinner theatre announced an "Exciting dinner and a Live Professional Broadway Stage Play", "both for only $6.65".Hamilton ''Journal News'' September 25, 1974 page 18 At age 27, Joe and Marilyn Mitchell were the original producers and owners of La Comedia Dinner Theatre until they sold the establishment in 1987.


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List of dinner theaters This is a list of dinner theaters. Dinner theater (sometimes called "dinner and a show") is a form of entertainment that combines a restaurant meal with a staged play or musical. Sometimes the play is incidental entertainment, secondary to the m ...


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La Comedia Dinner Theatre website

Warren County Convention & Visitors Bureau


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