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> On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:29:58 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
> Ever since 2003 when New York City banned smoking in enclosed public
> spaces, theater directors have been walking a thin line between
> artistic freedom and legal necessity. Under a special exemption for
> the arts, theaters are allowed to use tobacco-free cigarettes --
> usually sweet-smelling herbal cigarettes.
>
> [...]
>

>
> But while herbal smoke generally doesn't linger on the audience as
> much as the tobacco equivalent, theater staff admit that some audience
> members see it as an intrusion from a less socially aware time.
>
> "In a small theater, or where the audience surrounds the stage, the
> audience is always out of control as soon as a cigarette is pulled
> out," says Stiff.
>
> "Some people really do get worked up," reports Bartlett Sher, the
> director of the Tony-nominated "South Pacific." "You will hear people
> coughing their lungs out on purpose as soon as an actor lights a
> single cigarette."
>
> [...]
>
> Some actors report that anti-smoking protests are far worse in
> health-conscious Los Angeles.
>
> Geraldine Hughes, who played Sylvester Stallone's love interest in
> 2006's "Rocky Balboa," recalls taking a single drag from a cigarette
> during a performance of "Kevin's Bed" at the Laguna Playhouse.
>
> "There were huge signs in the lobby that said: 'THERE WILL BE SMOKING
> ON STAGE.' I was only allowed to take one puff and put it out, and
> even then people coughed and made a big stink about it," she says.
>
> i mean, that's just ****ing sad.
>
> your pal,
> blake
>
It sounds like they think there ar Tony awards for the sudience.