Posted on 11/23/2016 3:57:10 PM PST by drewh
The creator of Hamilton has said Donald Trump is welcome to attend his musical, the cast of which Trump attacked this week for "harassing" his running mate. "We welcome anyone," Lin-Manuel Miranda told the BBC, adding that the American president-elect's daughter had seen the show and written "wonderful things". Mr Trump demanded the cast of Hamilton apologise for addressing Mike Pence from the stage after Friday's show. Miranda, however, insisted Mr Pence had been spoken to in a "respectful" way.
Later, as he prepared to leave, he was asked by cast member Brandon Dixon to stay in the auditorium and listen to a brief address.
"When we found out he was coming we welcomed him, we asked him to lead on behalf of all Americans and we related to him the anxieties that some of us feel," Miranda told the BBC. "But I feel like we did it in a really respectful way." Miranda went on to answer in the affirmative when asked if Mr Trump would be welcome to attend a Hamilton performance.
His comments, on Saturday, preceded Mr Trump's tweets criticising Mr Pence's treatment. he Broadway hit musical Hamilton address Mr Pence Miranda was a vocal supporter of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton during the US presidential election. The award-winning actor and writer, who gave up the title role in Hamilton earlier this year, is currently in London rehearsing for his role in Disney's upcoming Mary Poppins sequel.
Mr Pence's experiences at Hamilton prompted Mr Trump to lambast the Hamilton cast for their "terrible behaviour". He also suggested the show itself was "highly overrated".
Hamilton, a musical about America's first treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton, won 11 Tony awards in June and is one of the hottest tickets on Broadway.
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To use their language, it was completely inappropriate to lecture the VP-elect.
Are tickets not selling? Maybe like the NFL they could set up shop in Mexico City.
I don’t see Trump as much of a theater-goer.
Being Republican, and invited to this play is like being Republican, and invited to speak at an NAACP Convention. Either venue you go to, you can expect to be lectured to, and disrespected.
Sounds like this loser just learned the hard way that much, maybe most, of his customer base is composed of TRUMP SUPPORTERS.
Too late Pooftahs!!
I wish I could afford to buy a ticket, and pay all the travel expenses to get to N.Y. to see it. Then, I’d be able to boycott it. Performers are there to perform — not to bully audience members.
Can he even get a ticket and a seat?
And that’s one of the reasons I like him. He has no need to humor those effete, pompous fags.
It’s just a place where rich white liberals can watch blacks rap and dance to prove they are not racist.
Pray America woke
And that's why normal people don't believe you and trust you even less.
Trump would be out of his mind if he goes to the garbage show.
Folks should attend.
And then address the cast in a respectful manner - during the middle of the play.
Pence response was great. See, in America we have a 1st Amendment.
Always winning!
Yeah, well, he is kind of busy right now.
If they start lecturing Trump, he should challenge him to a duel.
I heard on Rush Limbaugh a few days ago that somebody did a check and found out that none of the actors in Hamilton even voted in the election. Not a single one.
You could go to heckle, just like in the showboat days when the villain would come on stage and everyone would boo and hiss.
AND none of them voted in this election.
It’s just a place where rich white elite liberals filled with white guilt can pay big bucks to watch blacks rap and dance to prove they are not racist.
From what I’ve read, Trump, when he does get an hour or two to relax, prefers to do it at home, with a bowl of popcorn and a harmless TV show.
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