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Maine theater cancels season after pushback to its vaccine policy
NY Post ^ | 08/26/2021 | Mark Lungariello

Posted on 08/26/2021 9:52:24 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

A Maine musical theater was forced to cancel its fall schedule after refunding $36,000 worth of tickets in the days since announcing a COVID-19 vaccination policy, according to a report.

The Brunswick-based Maine State Music Theatre was buried in refund requests after saying on Friday that theater-goers would have to prove they’ve either been vaccinated or tested negative for the coronavirus, The Portland Press Herald reported.

“Not selling a ticket is bad,” artistic director Dale Clark told the newspaper. “Having to refund a ticket that you have already sold, that’s a lot worse.”

Clark blamed pushback against the new policy and “general concerns about the virus” for the refunds of hundreds of tickets.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Maine; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: cancels; cancelsmaine; chat; chatforum; maine; theater; theatervaccine; vaccine
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You reap what you sow.
1 posted on 08/26/2021 9:52:25 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Well, that went well.”


2 posted on 08/26/2021 9:53:19 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A free America needs more of this ... much more.


3 posted on 08/26/2021 9:54:21 AM PDT by glennaro (Dennis Prager: "Until it's safe" means "Never")
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To: Fido969

Cool. Guessing springshteen on Broadway will NOT be following suit? Hmmm. Is that even still a thing? Oh, I wouldn’t give a 💩 anyway.


4 posted on 08/26/2021 9:56:07 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

this is how this stops....normal people refuse to patronize these businesses...these businesses fail....


5 posted on 08/26/2021 9:57:09 AM PDT by wny ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This is how it should happen. And theatre crowds tend to lean left.

It is heartening to see that critical thinking isn’t dead. If the “vaccinated” can spread covid as easily as the “unvaccinated,” then (to use the words of a certain harridan) what difference does it make whether you’ve had the jabs or not for purposes of preventing spread in public places?


6 posted on 08/26/2021 9:57:47 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Mask mandates will wind up killing the economy, especially smaller businesses, is that what they want? It’s certainly starting to appear that way.


7 posted on 08/26/2021 9:59:29 AM PDT by jimwatx
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8 posted on 08/26/2021 9:59:58 AM PDT by PMAS (Vote with your wallets, there are 80 million of us - No China made, No Amazon)
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We liked the local theaters when we lived there but it was mostly an older, more affluent crowd. Lots of quiet money up there IMO.


9 posted on 08/26/2021 10:01:29 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

10 posted on 08/26/2021 10:02:17 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: wny
this is how this stops

Yes, and the best part these people wanting their $$$ back aren't the MAGA base. These are likely leftists.

11 posted on 08/26/2021 10:04:25 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

😷🤮


12 posted on 08/26/2021 10:05:16 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say )
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To: Chode

Good, hope they go bankrupt. Royal Caribbean pulled this, sold cruises with no vaccine requirement. Then in August they changed the game and don’t want to refund deposits.


13 posted on 08/26/2021 10:05:42 AM PDT by RBW in PA
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The just need to Double Down and Require HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis Vaccination and Tests also


14 posted on 08/26/2021 10:06:53 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

15 posted on 08/26/2021 10:08:43 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: jimwatx
Mask mandates will wind up killing the economy

That's precisely the purpose of masking society and it has been incredibly effective.

Masking society is a powerful, persistent visual reminder that America is sick and we must obey every mandate or command issued by, well, just about anyone, especially by governors, unelected bureaucrats and their agencies (CDC; NIH; AMA; WHO, et al.) and, of course, "medical experts" who have been far more wrong than right.

Destroying the American economy (i.e., capitalism) is the second prong of the Democrat/Communist/Left Party's goal of destroying the American Republic, with neutering the U.S. Constitution as the other prong. ... And still irrationally frightened, irretrievably ignorant and unbelievably cowardly American "men" and women are going right along with it -- demanding it in some places -- even at the cost of their children's mental and physical health and their childhood because "better safe than sorry" and other such stuff.

16 posted on 08/26/2021 10:10:20 AM PDT by glennaro (Dennis Prager: "Until it's safe" means "Never")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This became a power struggle that didn’t need to happen.
The Vaccine policy was intrusive. People didn’t like having their HIPAA laws steamrolled just to see some play.


17 posted on 08/26/2021 10:11:30 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The people signaled to this theater that they were virtuous in FREEDOM!!!


18 posted on 08/26/2021 10:12:47 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well, break a leg folks.


19 posted on 08/26/2021 10:15:28 AM PDT by Baldwin
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To: glennaro

I do suspect that this is all being done intentionally and by design for whatever nefarious purpose they are hoping to achieve. None of this makes any sense otherwise.


20 posted on 08/26/2021 10:15:40 AM PDT by jimwatx
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