Category: Hamilton
The Producers Of “Hamilton” Served A Cease And Desist Order To A Texas Church For Performing An Illegal Version With An Anti-LGBTQ Message
Isn’t one of the Ten Commandments Thou Shall Not Steal? Well, clearly the bibles inside of The Door Christian Fellowship Ministries in McAllen, Texas must have some missing pages because they didn’t get that memo. Recently they decided to keep things within the congregation fresh and hip by performing an unauthorized version of the Broadway smash Hamilton, but they added a few tweaks. Aside from changing a few of the lyrics, they also threw in a lovely message aimed at sinners, including alcoholics and homosexuals, to remind them that God can help them with their problems.
Lin-Manuel Miranda Responded To Criticism Of His Treatment Of Slavery In “Hamilton”
If over the July 4th weekend, scores of Disney+ subscribers toppled their TVs and threw them into the toilet in protest, it was probably over the glorification of Baby Yoda, a known slave owner, and not because of Hamilton. Trust me, there’s no level of slaveholding that’s gonna keep a Hamilhead from getting their Hamilfix. Hamilplease! But things being what they are, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has received criticism that the show glosses over the fact that most of the founding fathers depicted in it were slave owners. Writer Tracy Clayton kicked off a conversation about it on Twitter, and Lin has responded. Imagine bothering Lin about this when Baby Yoda’s right there sitting on a pile of ill-gained Zygerrian gold.
A Medical Emergency Caused Chaos At A Performance Of “Hamilton” In San Francisco
According to CBS News, a medical emergency during a performance of uber-musical Hamilton last night in San Francisco resulted in sheer chaos and people getting hurt when it was thought to be due to a shooting. Fer chrissakes, people can’t even fall asleep at the theater anymore without a stampede and bloodshed.
No Funny Business Allowed At This Year’s White House Correspondents Dinner
It’s not exactly like the Trump White House has kept good relations with Hollywood (save for Scott Baio), but things went even further south earlier this year when Michelle Wolf was the chosen comedian at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. If you were Democrat, Michelle blew your wig off by comparing Sarah Huckabee Sanders to Aunt Lydia onThe Handmaid’s Tale. I know, that wasn’t nice to do to the gentler Aunt Lydia. Republicans, however, added Michelle’s bit to their Fox News primetime scream-a-thon, so the White House Correspondents’ Association has said they’re replacing comedy next year with a lesson from a biographer. ZzzzzzZzzzZzzz!
Mike Pence Was Booed At A Performance Of “Hamilton”
Indiana’s governor and our new Vice President-Elect Mike Pence (aka “The Man Behind The Orange Curtain“) was just trying to relax last night. He probably had a long day of gleefully assisting President-Elect Donald Trump in deciding which hugely problematic men to pick for his cabinet. He’s in NYC, why not see the biggest show on Broadway?
“Hamilton” Won All The Tonys Last Night!
Hamilton got a total of 16 Tony nominations, which made it the most nominated Broadway production in the history of everything. Because everyone knew that Hamilton would win the night, I felt like they should’ve just canceled the entire Tony ceremony and instead show live footage of a dump truck unloading thousands of trophies in front of the Richard Rogers Theater, where Hamilton plays. But after the heart-melting hell nightmare in Orlando, some of us needed to be temporarily distracted by jazz hands, sequins, over-the-top speeches from dramatic thi-turr people, Oprah’s glasses and raw yodeling. So thank my God, Bea Arthur, for the Tonys!