late seating

After curtain entry

Late seating is a scheduled showtime or reservation slot after the main or early one, typically for dinner service or theater performances.

Restaurants may offer early seating at 6:00 and late seating at 8:30.

We got tickets for the late seating of the comedy show.

The term implies a structured system where attendance is divided into distinct time blocks.

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opening night · box office · restaurant · usher · intermission · front row · delayed · entrance · house lights · hostess · waiting · maître d' · rush · scramble · apologetic · whisper · darkness · aisle

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timing of arrival/seating

late seatingearly arrival

Coming before expected

early admission · priority seating

reservation timing

late seatingearly dinner

Meal before typical hours

early bird

Family

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