Comments on: No More Smoking for Jersey Boys in Chicago

By: Mitzi

Mitzi — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:53:54 +0000

I added a comment to Chris Jones’ colum in the Tribune regarding this absurdity – one of many! How come this person or the news have not mentioned this person’s name? I’ve seen JB six times – twice in NY, the opening in LV and 3 times here in Chicago and alwyas had basically orchestra seats. I suggested a petition be brought forth to the Chicago City Council and also asked if the Mayor could step in. They drove away businesses and soon they’ll be driving away Chicago theater-goers. I plan on seeing JV over and over agin, but if they start taking scenes out like Las Vegas did, well, I guess I’ll just have to go back to NY. How sad is that? New York has a ban too, but they didn’t take it out of the show. Wake up Chicago!

By: THEA

THEA — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:43:44 +0000

I can’t believe this! I always thought Chicago was a place, like New York. They let one person decide this ban on smoking in Jersey Boys? I’m shocked!I sat 3rd row center,I saw the sweat on the actors faces, thats how close I was. I had just stopped smoking only a month before I saw the show and I never smelled any smoke.I was so into the show I wasn’t thinking about them smoking. What next Mary Delgado saying; “Golly Gee Frankie ,if they don’t like it they can go suck an egg “.Thea,NY

By: Leanna

Leanna — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:31:02 +0000

I can’t wait to hear about the next tour that decides not to play Second City because of this.

By: RobertJ.

RobertJ. — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:21:21 +0000

It is a new law — not something one patron had control over. If people don’t like this law they need to change it. One news article said they can’t even smoke as part of a film scene. No other state has a law that strict. It might be bad for business. It could change if they think about that.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:53:52 +0000

The actors were not forced to take their roles – it was at their discretion. The patrons are not forced to attend the play – it is at their discretion. Changing the story (and history) should be discretionary, too – at the discretion of the authors, not pathetic, weenie politicians. It seemed okay until a whiner, who probably makes a political contribution to some small-pocket goon, decided to crab. Waaa…

It is clearly posted that smoking and language are part of the story. If you don’t like it, don’t go, get your money back, go home, whatever. But, please don’t be a history spoiler under the guise of a “do-gooder”. Changing history to fit some “cause du jour” changes history and the last time I checked, we live in a real world, not a homogenized fairy tale world. Don’t turn the arts into a puppet show.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it!