Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre

Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre is a dinner theatre located in College Park near The Pyramids on the northwest side of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It is a professional dinner theatre, providing Broadway shows, concerts, and children's theatre throughout the year. In 2019, the theatre hosted 149,700 guests.[1] Until 2020, Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre was a member of Actors' Equity Association, the union for professional actors.[2] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the union placed Beef & Boards on their “Do Not Work” listing.[3] The theatre gets its name "Beef" because of the hand-carved roast beef served before the performances, and "Boards" referring to the boards or stage of a theatre.

History

Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre opened in 1973, a venture by Louisville, Kentucky contractor J. Scott Talbott,[4] as part of a chain of Beef & Boards Dinner Theatres. The Indianapolis location is the only one remaining.[5] By 1977, Talbott had sold the theatre to the Windmill Dinner Theatre group. In 1980, business partners Douglas E. Stark and Robert Zehr[6] purchased the Indianapolis theatre.[7] In 1998, Zehr sold his interest in the theatre to Stark, who then became the sole owner, and still is today.[2][7]

Facility

Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre seats approximately 450[7] in tiered levels around a thrust stage which includes a turntable. Mainstage shows include music by a live band, located in a loft adjacent to the stage.[4]

Food

A dinner buffet prepared by the theatre's in-house chef precedes mainstage shows and concerts.[2] Every buffet includes the theatre's trademark hand-carved roast beef.[2]

References
  1. "Most Popular Indianapolis-Area Attractions". Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  2. Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre website, About/Contact Us, "(http://www.beefandboards.com/generalinformation.html)"
  3. Actors Equity Association website, Do Not Work registry, “(https://www.actorsequity.org/resources/DoNotWork/)”
  4. All Business, SMALL BUSINESS PROFILE: BEEF & BOARDS DINNER THEATRE "(http://www.allbusiness.com/consumer-products/food-beverage-products-meats/10593732-1.html)"
  5. "Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre". beefandboards.com.
  6. Indianapolis Star newspaper article 8-30-08"(https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/indystar/access/1698859401.html?FMT=ABS&date=Aug+30%2C+2008)"
  7. Current in Carmel newspaper April 1, 2008, page 2 "(http://www.currentincarmel.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/CiC_040108.pdf)"

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