Simple dinner recipes

‘Expect the Unexpected’ is the motto of the Carousel Dinner Theater in Akron Ohio.  With people busier than ever in the past, recreation time is more important than it’s ever been.  Dinner theater is always an enjoyable experience.

The Carousel calls itself the largest professional dinner theater in the country, but many dinner theaters seem to make that claim.  Whether it really is the largest or not, it is one of the best.  Carousel productions are put on by union members.  That’s not just because the like the unions.  Union talents and workers tend to be the most proficient.

Carousel opened in 1973 in a converted supermarket, then moved to its current location in 1988.  The theater accommodates patrons looking for both dinner and a show, as well as those who want to skip the meal but see the show .  More theater people from New York have flocked there recently.  Shows are now even better than ever.

”Wicked” has been a very popular play .  This is a story that takes place before the Wizard of Oz and involves many of the witches in that world.  In 2008 Carousel presents the Wizard of Oz, the story that began it all.  This production boasts a colorful Proscenium, which is the frame around the stage that rotates the different sets into place.  Carousel maintains a Wizard of Oz blog at http://carouseldinnertheatre.blogspot.com .  Yes, plays like many people now have their own web sites.

Many Broadway productions eventually find their way to the Carousel.  In 2008 ‘the Odd Couple’ played there.  Others include Annie, Grease and even the Sound of Music.  Here you can enjoy good food and Broadway without going to Broadway.  In 2009 the theater hosts the very popular High School Musical.

The Carousel Dinner Theater gives Akron’s citizens and visitors a taste of the New York nightlife.  Take a look, you might be surprised.