Having been an entertainer, I have a word of caution about taking flash pictures in show settings, like the Saloon or the Opera House. Much of the time, the flashes do not bother the entertainers, but there are times when flashes can be disorienting. For example, I strongly caution against taking a flash photo when the entertainers are dancing on the bar in the Saloon. The same would go for acts that do a lot of acrobatics in their shows, like the Chinese during World Fest. Things like that require a certain amount of concentration on the part of the entertainer, and a flash going off in their face or even their peripheral vision can really throw them off for a second...long enough for an accident to happen. For that reason, many of the shows forbid flash photos. And then there is also the random idiot who wants to take a flash photo of a magic trick, just so they can see how it's done. They don't seem to care that they ruin it for everyone else in the theater.
Feel free to take all the non-flash photos you want though.
Another thing I've noticed, particularly in the Opera House during the Dickens Christmas Carol show, is that people like to take flash photos of the projection on the scrim during the pre-show. Do they not realize that their flash will wash out the projection image, and all they will get is a picture of a whitish scrim/screen? The same goes for taking flash pictures of the "graveyard scene," when Scrooge is singing "Little Altar Boy" or the angel is singing "Ave Maria." There is a scrim in front of that scene and a flash will result in a picture of that scrim, not the action which is visible to the eye behind it. If you want a picture of those scenes, you must use a camera that is suited for taking low light pictures without a flash. I've often wondered how upset people get when their pictures don't reveal what they were looking at.
Just my two cents.
