Iroquois Theatre fire the "Chicago Tribune", one of the "Top Five Funniest Shows of 2011" by WBEZ Radio and one of the "Twelve Outstanding Ensembles of 2011" by "Time Out Chicago"'s Kris Vire. The Ruffians theater company has remounted the production during the Christmas holiday period each year since 2013, mostly with the original cast. Iroquois Theatre fire The Iroquois Theatre fire happened on December 30, 1903, in Chicago, Illinois. It was the deadliest theater fire and the deadliest single-building fire in United States history. At least 602 people died as a result of the fire, but not all the deaths were reported,
Shouting fire in a crowded theater government's recruitment efforts for the war. Holmes wrote: The First Amendment holding in "Schenck" was later partially overturned by "Brandenburg v. Ohio" in 1969, which limited the scope of banned speech to that which would be directed to and likely to incite imminent lawless action (e.g. a riot). The test in "Brandenburg" is the current Supreme Court jurisprudence on the ability of government to proscribe speech after that fact. Despite "Schenck" being limited, the phrase "shouting "fire" in a crowded theater" has since come to be known as synonymous with an action that the speaker believes goes beyond the rights