Because we don't need the Government to be a nanny state and parents should be responsible for what material is exposed to their children.

So now parents need to check what is happening at the park before bringing their kids to play on the swings? Sorry, I agree on parental responsibility, but society has to give parents a fighting chance. And if a public park is not suitable for 6 year olds, then we're in trouble. The nanny state has movie ratings, video game ratings, etc and stop children from seeing material that is inappropriate. It would seem that this is very similar. Moving the production where the audience is informed of the material is a perfect compromise and exactly my point, proper time and place.

 

As far as smoking, I agree with Jim that it is unnecessary to ban the play. An historically accurate play would have the characters smoking. Perhaps advising ticket buyers that they will be subject to a small amount of second hand smoke would solve the problem for all but the most anal theater goers. I suspect this person requested a refund, was denied, and is sticking it to the theater.

There sure are. We used to call them joints.