https://freerepublic.com/tag/theaternights/ en-us Fri, 7 Mar 2008 23:42:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1982207/posts All the world's a stage at some of Minnesota's bars. A new state ban on smoking in restaurants and other nightspots contains an exception for performers in theatrical productions. So some bars are getting around the ban by printing up playbills, encouraging customers to come in costume, and pronouncing them "actors." The customers are playing right along, merrily puffing away — and sometimes speaking in funny accents and doing a little improvisation, too. The state Health Department is threatening to bring the curtain down on these sham productions. But for now, it's on with the show. At The Rock, a... Newsvine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1982207/posts#comment Fri, 7 Mar 2008 23:42:20 GMT