summer stock

Definition of summer stock

: theatrical productions of stock companies presented during the summer

Examples of summer stock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In other words, a few dark clouds that are hovering over the summer stock market may have prompted some traders to get off their beach towels and back into the market. — Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, "U.S. Stocks Were Volatile in August. You May Want to Get Used to That," 31 Aug. 2019 Think of it as a summer stock production of gazpacho or pasta with red sauce, with tomatoes in the lead role. — Tim Carman, Washington Post, "Fresh summer tomatoes were made for this panzanella salad," 31 July 2019 The prize included an internship at a summer stock theater in New York, and from there Reynolds’s career began to take off. — Aja Romano, Vox, "Burt Reynolds, ’70s icon and movie star, is dead at 82," 6 Sep. 2018 Mercury was born when then-freshman, Brault and sophomore Marshall, who were expected to take part in some form of summer stock theater, decided to accomplish that task by forming their own theater group in Cleveland. — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "South Euclid's Mercury Theatre Co. celebrates 20 years; 'Pinocchio' starts new season June 1," 10 May 2018 The historic Ivoryton Playhouse is where Katharine Hepburn got her start in summer stock. — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, "27 Reasons This Part of the East Coast Is Being Dubbed "The New Hamptons"," 25 July 2017 Orson Welles, who attended prep school here for five years (his only extended bout of schooling), performed in the Opera House’s summer stock. — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, "Woodstock celebrates 25 years of living 'Groundhog Day' over and over," 2 Feb. 2018 Spanish stocks, one of the Heard on the Street’s summer stock picks, face headwinds. — Richard Barley, WSJ, "Catalonia: A Headache for Spain, Not Europe," 2 Oct. 2017

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