Smoking on Stage Update
By Laura & Mike Clark • Mar 25th, 2008 • Category: NewsIn October 2006, we shared the story that smoking on stage in Colorado was banned under a proposed state law. The Denver Post is reporting in their article Smoking ban extends to stage: “A Colorado appeals court ruled on Thursday that smoking by an actor on stage, while possibly important to character and theatrical message, is still banned by the state’s two-year-old indoor smoking law.” The Colorado law covers any kind of smoking inside a building, tobacco or herbal. Imagine a play like Agnes of God without the character smoking.
This article can be linked to as: http://washingtondc.showbizradio.com/goto/2215.
Laura & Mike Clark started ShowBizRadio in August 2005 because they love live theater. They each have both performed in and worked behind the scenes in DC area productions, as well as earned a Career Studies Certificate in Theater from Northern Virginia Community College. Mike & Laura are each members of the American Theatre Critics Association, and Mike is a member of the Online News Association.
[...] CanadaEast published an interesting article concerning smoking on stage: Light-up time on Broadway: fine line between artistic freedom and legal necessity. This issue continues to interest people. In 2006, we tracked news reports regarding Colorado’s statewide indoor smoking ban. [...]