A proposed bill meant to limit drag performances has wide-ranging impacts on the entire theater community, possibly banning famous and celebrated musicals from being put on.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A proposed bill meant to limit drag performances has wide-ranging impacts on the entire theater community, possibly banning famous and celebrated musicals from being put on, according to performers in Northeast Ohio."Drag just means dressing in the opposite gender; it doesn't mean anything sexual, doesn't mean anything salacious," Artistic Director Scott Spence said.
Williams introduced House Bill 245, which prohibits"adult cabaret performances in locations other than adult cabarets," which includes nightclubs, sex shops or dirty movie theaters. "The theater has a great background in open-gender casting, cross-gender casting," Spence said."Are you telling us that in a legitimate theater, we're not going to be allowed to present that?"
The obscenity law is vague, ranging from something that shows lust — like a kiss or a character having a crush — to intercourse."Just like every other statute in the state of Ohio, the Legislature drafts the legislation and defines the terms, and it's up to the prosecutors and the law enforcement agencies to determine individual case by case basis whether or not the actions of an individual rise to the level of a criminal offense," he responded.
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