About Us
What is it?
New Theatre & Restaurant is a state-of-the-art theater and restaurant offering a one-of-a-kind dining and entertainment experience, in one! Our theater boasts a modern design with stadium-table seating, exquisite lighting, and top-of-the-line visual technology.
New Theatre’s stage comes alive every week! Offering full live stage productions from Broadway shows, to musicals, comedies, celebrities and more! The theater hosts a variety of performances that cater to all tastes and preferences.
Our team of talented chefs prepare a wide range of delectable dishes using only the freshest ingredients available. Our menu features a variety of flavorful options that are sure to satisfy every palate with salads, entrees, and desserts. We also offer a selection of drinks to choose from including our specialty cocktails.
Come join us and experience the magic of theater and the joy of great food in one unforgettable night!
What to Expect
We recommend making reservations in advance to ensure that you secure the best table available in our stadium seating theater. The fastest way is through this website which offers easy online booking. Or if you prefer, you can call our box office at 913-649-SHOW.
Seating begins 30 minutes prior to the time listed on your ticket.
Upon entering our lot, you will find plenty of
FREE PARKING. Head up the stairs or up the ramp (to your left) as you head toward the main theater’s entry way.
Once inside, you will be immersed in the sights of our modern custom designed LED lobby. Visit our lounge and enjoy a complimentary Parisi Coffee. Our clean and spacious restrooms are located in the lobby for your convenience.
You can head to the box office ticket window to pick up your reserved tickets or if you have your tickets with you, approach the theater greeter, show your ticket, and you will be escorted to your table.
You will be greeted by your personal waitstaff, who is there to make sure you are taken care of throughout your visit. Don’t miss our featured handcrafted cocktails, or order your favorite drink from our fully stocked bar. Food is served before the show begins. The gourmet buffet will open, featuring an array of dining options for your evening.
Once dinner is complete, the first act of the performance will begin. A 25-minute Intermission follows the first act and during this break you will be able to order dessert, coffee or maybe an after-dinner cocktail.
The average time for the whole experience, including dinner and a show, is 3hrs.
Our History
HISTORY OF THE NEW THEATRE
Where it all Began | Tiffany’s Attic
In May of 1971, a lease was signed on an old laundromat on Main street just south of the Plaza in Kansas City.
Dennis D. Hennessy and Richard Carrothers, two graduates from the University of Missouri – Kansas City decided to open a dinner theater. Hennessy’s mother mortgaged her house to lend the two men the money. Carrothers’ parents also helped finance a hefty loan and with their family’s support, jackhammers, paintbrushes and lots of elbow grease, their first theater Tiffany’s Attic Dinner Playhouse was born, introducing a new era of theater began in Kansas City.
“Opening night, we had 5,000 people on a waiting list,” Hennessy said. “The whole place was sold out. It was something like a dream come true.” The response to Tiffany’s Attic was overwhelming. Shows were booked up to five months in advance.
Ticket holders couldn’t wait for the next show. Starting with 500 season ticket holders, Tiffany’s Attic was such a success that Dennis and Richard decided to compete with themselves by opening a second theater – the Waldo Astoria.
Waldo Astoria
In 1973, Hennessy and Carrothers were at it again! They took over the vacant Waldo building that originally opened in 1924 and began to refurbish it. The Waldo was decorated with a 1920’s motif including oil paintings of silent screen stars. Plans were even made to create a sidewalk a la Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood where the lead players of each show would imbed their footprints in cement.
This new theatre, dubbed the Waldo Astoria, opened on July 25, 1973 and ultimately proved to be as popular and successful as Tiffany’s Attic.
The New Theatre & Restaurant
In 1960, the Glenwood Theatre was the largest Kansas City’s Luxury Movie Theatre. By the late 1980’s, developers were interested in converting the Glenwood Manor into retail space. Overland Park City Councilman Andrew Happer felt the convention center would be an excellent location for a theatre restaurant and convinced the property’s developers to bring Richard and Dennis on board.
Two years in the planning and construction, New Theatre Restaurant opened in Overland Park, Kansas in 1992 as a 617 seat, state-of-the-art theatrical facility with a revolving stage designed by the same company that installed the revolving stage for the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The theatre also featured an orchestra pit, computer controlled lighting and sound systems and spacious rehearsal, production and culinary facilities.
In 2015, New Theatre & Restaurant underwent a multi-million-dollar makeover adding LED panels and more than 4,000,000 LED lights to the theatre and LEDs in the lobby that seem to make the walls move with color.
Today, New Theatre & Restaurant is the largest and most successful theatre restaurant facility in the United States, averaging more than a quarter million in attendance annually, including 25,000 season ticket holders and we produce 5 shows annually each running between nine and thirteen weeks.
A big THANK YOU to some of the talent that has performed on our stage!
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