The Dinner Party (The Vampire Diaries)

"The Dinner Party" is the 15th episode of the second season of The CW television series, The Vampire Diaries and the 37th episode of the series overall. It originally aired on February 17, 2011. The episode was written by Andrew Chambliss and directed by Marcos Siega.

Plot

Elena (Nina Dobrev) and Stefan (Paul Wesley) are still at the Gilbert's lake house where Elena reads Jonathan's new journal she and Stefan found in the secret room of the house. Stefan is still mad at her for her decision to sacrifice herself to save her family and friends. While reading, Elena finds out that Stefan attacked Jonathan and tried to kill him but Jonathan did not die because of the Gilbert ring. Stefan starts telling Elena about his life after he first turn into a vampire and how different he was than he is now.

Damon (Ian Somerhalder) plans to kill Elijah (Daniel Gillies) with the dagger that John (David Anders) gave him and he informs Stefan about it but they both hide it from Elena. Damon is at the Grill with Alaric (Matt Davis) and Andie (Dawn Olivieri) when Elijah comes in with Jenna (Sara Canning). Damon gets the opportunity and invites Elijah and everyone for dinner at the Salvatore house.

The Dinner Party (play)

The Dinner Party is a one-act comedy written by Neil Simon, about marriage and divorce. This is Simon's 31st play.

Production

The Dinner Party had its world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, in December 1999 and then ran at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. in June and July 2000.

The play opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre on October 19, 2000 and closed on September 1, 2001 after 364 performances and 20 previews. Directed by John Rando, the cast featured Len Cariou (Andre Bouville), Veanne Cox (Yvonne Fouchet), Penny Fuller (Gabrielle Buonocelli), Jan Maxwell (Mariette Levieux), John Ritter (Claude) and Henry Winkler (Albert). The sets were by John Lee Beatty, costumes by Jane Greenwood and lighting by Brian MacDevitt.

Near the end of the run, Ritter and Winkler were replaced by Jon Lovitz and Larry Miller.

Fuller received a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

Background

In an interview in The New York Times (as reported by talkinbroadway.com), Simon said that "he was trying to write a play very different from anything he had done before, and that he 'had the concept of creating a farce up to a certain point, and then instead of continuing the farce, to make a turn to where it becomes quite serious. [He] wanted to break the concept that farces can never get real, even for a minute.' "

The Dinner Party (talk show)

Fear No ART Presents The Dinner Party is a live arts talk show that features host Elysabeth Alfano sitting down with three individuals from differing creative fields for a conversation over a dinner prepared by a guest chef. It premiered in January 2012. The show is also streamed live online and distributed through TiVo.

Concept

The concept for the show originated in a dinner party that Alfano held at her home for several friends from the creative community in Chicago. That dinner resulted in lively conversations, and The Dinner Party was created as an attempt to replicate that experience with a public audience. Alfano specifically chooses guests from differing creative fields to discuss the commonalities between their work. The show's tagline is "The best conversations happen over dinner." Alfano is the creator, executive producer, and host of the show.

The audience is encouraged to participate in these conversations during the show. Both the live audience and those watching the internet broadcast of show are allowed to use twitter to twitter to ask questions of the guests. Audience members who have their questions "picked" win prizes.

The Dinner

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The Dinner (2014 film)

The Dinner (Italian: I nostri ragazzi) is a 2014 Italian drama film directed by Ivano De Matteo. It is loosely inspired by the novel of the same name by Herman Koch. It was screened in the Venice Days section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film.

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The Dinner (1998 film)

La cena, internationally released as The Dinner, is a 1998 Italian commedia all'italiana film directed by Ettore Scola.

For their performance the male ensamble cast won the Nastro d'Argento for Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor, while Stefania Sandrelli won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress.

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Dinner Party

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