For holidays and birthdays, my family and I typically forgo traditional gifts. No chocolate bunny on Easter. No huge red heart on Valentine’s Day. We focus on gifting educational items (books, kits, crafts, DVD’s) and experiences everyone can enjoy (tickets to a lecture, concert, museum).
In celebration of Valentine’s Day 2018, I bought my family tickets to see Ring Of Fire at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theater in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The Dutch Apple Dinner Theater features Broadway-worthy productions and performances, enjoyable concerts and fun children’s shows. As a popular, live entertainment establishment, the Dutch Apple Dinner Theater captivates audiences of all ages, sharing a love of music and talent for more than 30 years in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Venue doors opened at 6:00 pm for dinner and the program began at 7:30 pm. We visited on a Friday evening, with a prime rib buffet offered before the show, which was included in our ticket price. The buffet featured traditional American, (what I would call home-cook’n) style food, with a decent salad bar and a variety of homemade desserts. For those interested, The Dutch Apple also offers a full service bar.
Tables, assigned by the tickets purchased, designate seats for dinner and the show. My family enjoyed meeting and sharing our ‘section A’ table with a friendly, older couple. Most tables seat 4, our table sat 8, but I also saw a few smaller tables with only 2 chairs and some floating 6 toppers.
The friendly servers and staff were attentive and personable, consistently checking if drinks needed refills, which is always appreciated and often overlooked in a buffet-dining situation.
About 7: 15 pm, the buffet closed and the tables were quickly and efficiently cleared and cleaned to prepare for the beginning of the show.
The production of Ring of Fire chronicles the extraordinary and challenging life of legendary singer Johnny Cash through entertaining musical theater. The talent, the music, the performance and the professionalism blew us away! WOW!
Every scene captivated the audience with a phenomenal cast of über talented performers who joyfully danced and played multiple instruments while singing over 30 Johnny Cash songs. The show created an engaging timeline of the musician’s troubled life with stand out, brilliant performances by Emily Woods and Candice Lively.
Act 1 focused on Johnny Cash’s boyhood years, Opry and fame, with Act 2 showcasing the dark years, redemption and celebration.
The level of talent and entertainment found at the Dutch Apple was extraordinary and charming–live theater at its BEST!
Put The Dutch Apple Dinner Theater on your “Must-Do in Lancaster” list!
Celebrating their 32nd season, future shows for 2018 include Showboat, Grease, The Wizard of Oz, Swing, Sister Act and A Christmas Carol. I wish we could stay in Pennsylvania long enough to see all of these performances!
We hope to visit again soon to enjoy at least one more production. 🙂
**The Dutch Apple Dinner Theater will also feature 6 concerts and 5 children’s shows during the 2018 season.
The Dutch Apple Dinner Theater is owned by the Prather family and is located at 510 Centerville Road, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17601. For more information, call 717-898-1900 or visit their website (and purchase tickets!) at www.DutchApple.com
Ticket prices vary by type and performance day. See ticket pricing below:
Tuesday & Wednesday: $59 per person
6:00 Dinner and 7:30 Show
Thursday–Served Dinner: $61 per person
5:30 Dinner and 7:30 Show
Friday & Saturday–Prime Rib Buffet: $65 per person
6:00 Dinner and 7:30 Show
Sunday: $59 per person
5:30 Dinner and 7:00 Show
Matinees: $55 per person
11:45am Lunch and 1:15pm Show
Students 13-18: $29 per student
All performances for dinner and show
Children 12 and under: $25 per child
All performances for dinner and show
Show Only Tickets: $40 for adults
Show Only Tickets: $22 for children
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