There's a new dinner theater concept in downtown Roanoke, and an elegant one it is. A collaboration between B.D. Cumming, the proprietress of Queen Charlotte's Tea and More restaurant, and Jim Galloway's Vanguard Productions bodes well for those who have longed for dinner theater to return to the area. Queen Charlotte's is a gorgeous setting. On opening night, tables were set with the best china on white linen tablecloths and candlelight flickered in glass and silver candlesticks.
Antique furniture adds to the atmosphere.
The food, served buffet style, was good and varied, from dainty asparagus puffs and delicate bow tie pasta with seafood, to the more prosaic and robust lasagna and downright down home green bean cassarole, among many other choices. And all during dinner, tea-savvy waiters scurry about refilling china tea cups. The plays were a delight as well. Three George Bernard Shaw one acts are combined to give the effect of a night of drawing room farce. Galloway has pulled together a talented company of actors.