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[Minnesota] EDITORIAL: Time to end smoking ban's exemption for theaters

Minnesota’s smoking ban is a measure that is designed to protect public health in public places — public places like theaters. To allow actors to smoke on stage is still subjecting audience members to second-hand smoke, which is exactly what the ban was e
Owatonna (MN) Peoples Press
added Mar 6, 2013 13:03
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[New York] Nourished by Language That Is Based on Touching - ‘Not by Bread Alone’ at the N.Y.U. Skirball Center

cast ... are both deaf and blind to varying degrees ... wonderful monologue by Itzik Hanuna, who speaks with commanding intensity and novelistic detail, describes a lonely holiday in which smoking a cigarette becomes a transporting act of independence.
New York Times
added Jan 19, 2013 10:09
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[Taiwan] HUNG: To smoke on stage or not to smoke

a theatergoer in Taipei, bothered by cigarette smoking on stage at the National Theater in the heart of our not-so-beloved city, filed a complaint with our municipal health bureau more than four months ago. . . . A couple of minutes you're exposed to ci
The China Post (tw)
added Oct 8, 2012 02:25
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[California] San Rafael clears the smoke...

According to the ordinance, smokers can still light up in hotels, single-family homes and automobiles. The new rules even go so far as to dictate when thespians can puff away during plays
Pacific Sun
added Oct 3, 2012 20:38
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[Hong Kong] Champagne and Cigarettes

Champagne and Cigarettes, produced by Nicole Garbellini-West and written by local playwrights, consists of a series of short vignettes, each around 15 minutes long, that are apparently only linked by the omnipresence of the titular objects. Most, but not
Time Out Hong Kong (hk)
added Sep 21, 2012 17:04
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[Iowa, New York] Morningside alum creates 'smoking' off-Broadway show

Tony-nominated lyricist and playwright Bill Russell hasn't smoked cigarettes for decades.
Sioux City (IA) Journal
added Aug 30, 2012 11:44
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[New York] 'The Last Smoker in America' a disastrously bad musical

May no upcoming show of the new theatrical season be as lame as this one.
Hackensack (NJ) Record/Herald News
added Aug 9, 2012 16:30
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[New York] The Last Smoker in America

This puerile, profanity-laced musical has song titles like "Fight for the Right to Light Up" and "Smoking Makes Me Happy" and lyrics like "I . . . wanna call you the c-word, 'cause bitch face ain't strong enough!" It might be interesting if the play, howe
The New Yorker
added Aug 4, 2012 13:24
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[Virginia] Altria Group donates funds for naming rights of Landmark Theater

But the naming-rights deal with Henrico County-based Altria Group Inc., parent company of Philip Morris USA, does not mean that the names, logos or advertisements for Altria's tobacco operating companies or brands will appear in the theater, the company's
Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch
added Jul 16, 2012 11:44
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[Minnesota] More smoking drama coming to Minn. Capitol with bill to bar it from theatrical productions

A state senator wants to outlaw actors from puffing away as part of plays. Democratic Sen. Barb Goodwin of Columbia Heights introduced her bill doing that on Thursday. It's one of the rare exceptions to a state indoor smoking ban in public places.
Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune
added Jan 17, 2013 10:05
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