It is sometimes less expensive to go to a matinee instead of an evening performance of a play. From LearnThat.org.
Another attraction of the matinee was the singing of Madame Viardot-Garcia. From Wordnik.com. [Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician]
It IS worth seeing in the theater, even if, as I say, a matinee is the best level of payment for it rather than full admission. From Wordnik.com. [Ned Raggett Ponders It All] Reference
However, this sort of looks more afternoon kind of matinee idol to me in that picture. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2008] Reference
At Landmark Theatres in Seattle only the first show of the day is the "matinee" price, the rest are the higher "evening" price. From Wordnik.com. [Peak Load Pricing at the Movies, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
The Brimfield Dog Track on County Highway 18 was holding a holiday "matinee" featuring The. From Wordnik.com. [www.recordpub.com's Homepage Articles] Reference
Coronations he was an Imperial matinee idol in London. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
At the next day's matinee, the audience is still tepid. From Wordnik.com. [Theater: It Sure Beats 'Mona Lisa Smile 2'] Reference
Just about now I would be going to the matinee with her. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
The skylight is made light-proof for matinee performances. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession] Reference
The matinee idol is sure to look good, even when he's bald. From Wordnik.com. [Rimes Has No Reason] Reference
Why not inquire of Sallie about the last matinee and the last hop?. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
"Some afternoon our dancing class is going to have a matinee," said. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore] Reference
He was going to "put on" the trick at night, and not at the matinee. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer] Reference
If ever a free matinee in birdland was billed, it occurred that afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State] Reference
Once she took me to see a matinee of Zeffirelli's movie of "Romeo & Juliet.". From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Susan Corso: Back to School and Conscious Routine] Reference
And he has to be reasonably sober when the curtain rises for the Sunday matinee. From Wordnik.com. [Why Don't I Just Give Up? It's All About Me.] Reference
I don't know if you remember that at all, but Robert Goulet was quite the matinee idol. From Wordnik.com. [The Interrogators] Reference
"Listen, Grandmamma, I'm invited to Dorothy Kip's birthday -- a luncheon and matinee party.". From Wordnik.com. [How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl] Reference
In the meantime, he wears the matinee-idol mantle with a surprising degree of grace and class. From Wordnik.com. [Orlando Bloom] Reference
She spoke to NEWSWEEK after Wednesday's matinee (and before last week's "Idol" elimination) .1. From Wordnik.com. [Five Things You Don't Know About Fantasia] Reference
At least not at ReelMoms, a film series that lets parents bring their babies to a Tuesday matinee. From Wordnik.com. [Movies: Yo, Mom! Get Reel.] Reference
"How would you all like to go to a theater show this afternoon -- to a matinee?" asked Mr. Bobbsey. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins in Washington] Reference
And it was really a vehicle particularly for white America to find that matinee image in Billy Dee Williams. From Wordnik.com. ['In The Mix' Marks Usher's Film Debut] Reference
Says one exec: "" They can have the record for the biggest matinee gross on a non-holiday leap-year weekend. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Box Office Inflation?] Reference
You feel a tension in his performance, as if the matinee idol were restraining the actor from fully cutting loose. From Wordnik.com. [Black And Blue In L.A.] Reference
"I'll see if Constance will go to the matinee Saturday," she planned drowsily that night as she prepared for sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
There's no movie magic happening, no matinee-idol looks to win us over — just lovely work from a great actor in stride. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Picture] Reference
Then he was sweet as pie to the salesman's wife, took her and her daughter to the matinee, a nice luncheon, and all that. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
At the theatre he inquired for Miss Lester; and, it being matinee day, he found that the popular actress had already arrived. From Wordnik.com. [Adrien Leroy] Reference
Tharp remembers a time when Nichols was trying out a play and had an awkward period of time between the matinee and night shows. From Wordnik.com. [Avedon] Reference
"I hope it's a good show," said Bert to his chum Billy, and trying to speak as if he went to a matinee every other day at least. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins in Washington] Reference
Every Sunday, busloads of Japanese tourists spill out onto 125th Street, taking in the scene or attending a matinee at the Apollo. From Wordnik.com. [A WHITE GUY IN HARLEM] Reference
Without tea, what would become of women, and without women and tea, what would become of our domestic literary men and matinee idols?. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Tea Book] Reference
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