The post-war Theater witnessed the alterations that the whole world underwent in the course of the Second World War. Right after the war, the European theatrical scenes were occupied by the plays of three authors. They are Tennessee Williams with his “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, Jean-Paul Sartre with “No Exit”, and Samuel Becket “Waiting for Godot”;
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Modern Theatre comes from the European Renaissance Theatre of the 16th-17th centuries that dates back to the Ancient Greek and Roman Theatre. Its foundation was laid down in England and Italy, especially by the English Renaissance Theatre between in the period between Reformation and theatre closure in 1642;
The beginning of the 19th century was swept by the never-before-seen cultural movement known as Romanticism. One of the first European dramatists who got himself involved in this process was August Schlegel that considered W. Shakespeare the greatest playwright;
Modern Dinner Theater
In the same way as Community Theater, Dinner Theater is a rather up-to-date cultural phenomenon. It rose in the second half of the 20th century being established by Howard Douglass Wolfe who is credited with being the "Father of Dinner Theater". This smart businessman founded 27 Dinner Theaters all around the US that were self-sustained and brought a very good profit. It was all done within the 1960, while the next decade was doomed to become the most successful period for this type of Modern Experimental Theater.
The oldest and most profitable modern Dinner Theater is Barn Dinner Theater that was established in 1962. It enjoys amazing architecture and technical equipment that provide acting personnel with an opportunity to run successful shows for almost fifty years.
Speaking about the nature and features of Dinner Theater, one must admit that Dinner Theater resembles Community Theater in a great way. Nevertheless, this type of Modern Theater became much more culturally and financially advanced that Community Theater. There were a lot of Hollywood stars that succeeded in this field at the starting point of their career, including Dorothy Lamour, Don Ameche, Lana Turner, Jane Russel, etc.
The Dinner Theater is enjoying a real revival in NYC. Initially, Chauncey O'Neil who organized the first Dinner Theater was rather unsuccessful but within five years his first Dinner Theater obtained enormous success.