Mike Pence Gets "Boo'd" at HAMILTON Tonight — Page 12

Mr. Dixon spoke truth to power! He has every right to do this! It wasn't harassment!

Broadway Concierge and Jorge - You are still wet behind the ears. You have every right to express your opinions. Now, go back to worrying which diva is going to win a Tony!

After Eight - It must warm your heart Trump agrees with you about Hamilton. Why don't you invite Trump and Pence over to spend the day listening to your favorite cast recordings, lamenting about the state of theatre today. Better yet, the three of you could read scenes from Mary, Mary!

Thanks for adding zero substance to the conversation, A Director!

Regarding Hamilton: I am a supporter of the arts and believe the theater exposes individuals to various cultures and points of view. The whole premise behind going to a show is not just for entertainment but to have an experience. We should be happy that he visited the show and got to experience a different point of view.

The ideal that I am considered deplorable because I voted for trump shouldn't impact the fact that I am a firm supporter of the arts and I believe people can change. Remember years ago Hillary did not support gay marriage ( but her views changed over time)

Remember her campaign took money from countries that clearly don't support gay rights. I don't recall folks anger over that when she held fundraisers on Broadway.

So let's take a moment to respect the fact that he was open to listen to other ideals. His attendance also exposes Broadway to the masses. I personally wished he attended a lesser known shown, but he went to the theater.

I voted for Trump and I also support Broadway. I should not have to feel ashamed.

Oh, and I damn sure am not ashamed to say that.

Generation Gap, you must not be following these boards all that well.

Exactly justherehanging. I voted for Trump, though I didn't support all of his or Pence's policies. And I also support the arts, locally and beyond.

But I didn’t know there was a political test to enter the theater. For all of you bitching (hyperbolically about Pence’s views, y’all seem to demand I attend a re-education camp and get in line with the Pack before I can go see a show. Yay diversity!

No surprise that the classless mob in attendance did all that booing (surprised they didn’t go smash store windows afterwards), but what the Hamilton cast did was way out of line. BS it was “respectful”, etc. If you surround yourself with your mean-girl friends, march over to someone you have an issue with and say "I'd like to...um...like talk about how you suck and stuff...but with LOVE, ya know...", that's not really dialog. That’s being a bully.

Singling someone out in a hostile crowd and lecturing them from the stage is an aggressive and mean act. It's ONLY a "I'm gonna dump my poo on you and you can't say nothing" act. It was juvenile, graceless and pointless. I know, I know...your f-ing issues are sooo important that any need for common dignity or courtesy goes right out the window. You're at WAR!! Well, explain that to the Syrians...

What the Hamilton cast, the audience, and most of the posters here have explained to me very clearly is that I’m not welcome in the theater. No surprise - it’s a lesson that’s become more and more clear of late – ugly bigotry is in style at the theater, it’s just bigotry from the Left these days.

That’s fine, my support and business goes elsewhere.

Updated On: 11/20/16 at 03:27 PM

I couldn't agree with you more, Mr. Nowack. Given that, I'm stepping off of this thread because I didn't join BroadwayWorld to engage in partisan bickering. I hope some people can figure out how their priorities straight.

BroadwayConcierge said: "That's fair, guys. I still stand by my "everybody should be able to peacefully go to the theatre"

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I agree. I honestly think that what that cast did was rude. I can't stand Pence, I think he's a real low-life, but if he payed for admission they shouldn't harass him. Rude. JMO.

I didn't like Hamilton and I don't like Trump either. Like others said he's using this to just distract from other things going on. I thought Pence handled it well, especially his response.

I'm a gay male.

I'm very much against the notion of booing Mike Pence while he's trying to enjoy Hamilton. Theater, at its best, can be a transformative experience. By booing, you're shutting the person down. You're not giving him the chance to experience the show and to learn.

I love the curtain speech. Pence was on his way out to avoid the crowd and he stopped to listen. He later said he enjoyed the show, and that no apology was necessary.

One of the reasons we lost this election is that we don't listen to each other anymore. We don't engage. We've all been in our respective Limbaugh/Fox News Colbert/Daily Show bubbles. The simple act of attending the show was a statement on Pence's part. He was opening himself up. I can't imagine booing anyone for that.

The good news is, despite the boos, Pence liked the show and heard the statement. He is clearly much better than Trump's insane, delusional tweets. I expect he will be president one day in the next four years. He's shown he's better than Trump.

Wow. The man is a hateful bigot with blood on his hands, but sure, civility in the theater is the hill you've chosen to die on.

Having immigrated from a country where artists are still being blacklisted and intimidated by the government for their political beliefs, I am more than happy to defend their right to speak up against those in power, no matter the time or the context. But it's clear that some people on this board value their arbitrary sense of etiquette over freedom of speech/expression.

You have to love the right wing Trump fans who 'hate political correctness', then as soon as someone decides to stand up and (very politely actually) express some concern they get 'offended' and think it's 'offensive'.

Do you care when ARod was booed in public or other athletes who are playing a GAME that has no real effect on your life but feel it's impolite to boo people who have real impact on my world? That's pretty backwards.