A separate, similar lawsuit involving a dinner theater production of "Urinetown" in Akron, Ohio, is still pending.
But for real New Yorkers, the classiest path to relaxation involves a dinner jacket, impeccable cuff links and a smoky, velvet-upholstered venue where the low murmur of well-heeled rakes mixes with martinis and sophisticated ladies.
The company's previous show, "Happy," similarly involved an awkward dinner party, but "Saving Kitty" proves to be a lighter and brighter occasion.
Like several stays in a vacation home, one of which involved a catered Thanksgiving dinner.
She added that the restaurant planned to change its entire food program, including an expanded menu in the lounge and the revision of the chef's table, which originally involved a nine-course dinner paired with Champagnes, cocktails and house-made sodas for $130.
"There are no county dollars involved, only a dinner picked up here and there," he said.
Characters named John Cheever, Ken Kesey, S. Clay Wilson -- even Cynthia Ozick! -- wander through these pages: one of the funniest scenes involves a bibulous dinner with Cheever in Iowa City.
All of the "class weekends" involve a formal dinner and social dance, known in old cadet slang as a "hop," held at Eisenhower Hall.
One of writer Fuchsia Dunlop's favorite stories about her adventures in Sichuanese cooking involves a group dinner she had in 2001 at a drab hotel in Chengdu, China.
Nights involved a frantically thrown-together dinner, homework and reading, an early bedtime.
Dinner etiquette: "His idea of after-dinner entertainment involved a descent to a dungeon whose walls were painted a blood red, to watch through a spy-hole while his enemies were being tortured," according to Clark and Scott.
