Dear Constant Reader,
We’re presenting a fabulous show on New Year’s Eve. But you knew that.
The wonderful folks at Fernet Branca agreed to sponsor the show and Scratch blithely applied for a beer & wine license for the night. It’s not a big deal; we’ve done it for other shows, even ones in vacant buildings. Our co-producers (the guys who run the theatre) do it all the time for their shows and we were told we had the backing of the mayor’s office. Just some paperwork and formality, right?
Yesterday the City of Medford denied our beer and wine license because of the “prurient nature of the material being presented”.
So, no bar at the shows, no sponsor (and hopefully our relationship with them isn’t damaged), annoyed patrons who thought they could get a drink, financial loss, and of course, the general feeling that what we do is immoral and unworthy.
Way to support the arts, Medford.
Oh, The Glamourous Life! 
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