Dinner and a show doesn’t have to mean pizza and Netflix – especially not when you're enjoying a fabulous getaway in Lancaster County. When you plan your next stay with us at B.F. Hiestand House, be sure to grab tickets for dinner and a show at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, which has been captivating audiences since 1987 with fabulous food, spectacular shows and Amish Country hospitality.
Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre takes the traditional date-night to a new level. Your experience starts with an exceptional buffet-style dinner. The chef and his team prepare a different menu for each new show, including a delicious selection of entrees, pastas, potatoes and vegetables, plus a salad bar. And don't forget dessert! There are over a dozen sweet treats to choose from, including Amish favorites like shoofly pie. Friday and Saturday dinner buffets include hand-carved prime rib, while guests at Thursday dinner shows enjoy a plated, served dinner for an elevated experience.
At the Dutch Apple, every mouth-watering meal is followed by a high-caliber, Broadway-style performance. The 328-seat theatre is grand yet comfortable. Shows are always changing, and each one generally runs between four and six weeks. Choose a matinee or an evening performance, then sit back and enjoy the cast of professional entertainers from across the country perform their magic! The acting talent, combined with incredible set designs, costumes and music, make shows at the Dutch Apple among the best regional theatre anywhere!
The 2023 season is now underway, with eight amazing shows on the schedule. Up first is "Murder on the Orient Express," from Jan. 20 through Feb. 18. It's an adaptation of the Agatha Christie story about a murder aboard a snowbound train in 1930s Europe. Next, from Feb. 24 through April 1, is "Sister Act," the hit musical based on the film starring Whoopi Goldberg about a chorus girl hiding in a convent from her gangster boyfriend. Another movie comes to life on the Dutch Apple stage when "Footloose" cuts loose from April 7 to May 20. It's the tale of outsider Ren and his effect on a Midwestern town where dancing isn’t allowed. The first half of the 2023 season finishes with a hunk of burning love. “Elvis the Musical," running May 26-June 24, features more than 40 hits from the King of Rock 'n' Roll.
From June 30 to Aug. 5, the young, high-energy cast of Disney’s "Newsies: The Broadway Musical” hits the stage to tell the real-life story of the 1899 New York newsboys strike in song and dance. The Broadway classic “Guys and Dolls,” a story of gamblers, showgirls and soul-saving missionaries, returns to the Dutch Apple Aug. 11-Sept. 16. Things get tropical with Jimmy Buffett’s "Escape to Margaritaville,” running from Sept. 22-Nov. 11. This jukebox show uses Buffett’s music to tell the story of romances between locals and tourists on a volcanic island in the Caribbean. And finally, get in the holiday spirit with "A Christmas Carol: The Musical." This beloved Charles Dickens tale, told with music, runs Nov. 17-Dec. 30.
Be among the more than 150,000 guests who will enjoy dinner and show at the Dutch Apple in 2023. After the performance, relax in one of the cozy guest rooms at our historic Victorian inn for a charming yet sophisticated getaway you won't soon forget.
