MAPLEWOOD, Minn. - 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.
I found this interesting. Could smokers light up in theaters and do this in any city?
They found a way to beat the system. 
I hope they succeed. I guess if I ever go to MN, I might have to
become an actor. 
