Team Madonna vs. Team Lin-Manuel — Page 2

I bet Madonna was only there so she could get hip publicity through an online selfie with the wildly popular cast of Hamilton.

Miranda and Hamilton are more talked about and famous at the current moment in New York than Madonna, so she was just trying to leech on the show's popularity. I'm so glad Miranda didn't let her backstage.

Exactly, he isn't defending Madonna. He said that she should have left, which is the right thing to do when you don't enjoy a show, don't ruin it for everyone else. I leave when I loathe a show, unless some shows I had to stay because they had no intermission...like Violet or BKLYN

I'm not with Madonna on this, but since no one is taking her side, I suppose it's possible and perhaps even likely that Madonna's fame has put her legitimately and honestly out of touch. I don't think many are intentionally rude; maybe Madonna just didn't know better. She should. She's done theatre. But also, she went ahead and used her phone knowing full well that she's a celebrity and would be watched. As such, maybe she indeed didn't realize it was a problem. That is actually possible.

Well, she did theater back in 1988, when there was no such thing as texting.

If Hillary Clinton and Dick Cheney didn't have to text during the show (Imagine! Dick Cheney texting! He'd shoot the phone if it auto-corrected!), then there's no excuse for Madonna to do so.

I'm with JPeterman. I bet she wanted that selfie up on social media and didn't give a flying f*ck about sitting through the show. If it was an emergency, she could have left. Good for Lin!

You seem to be implying a modified version of affluenza could be the excuse/justification for such behavior. I'd push back against that. No amount of money or fame should ever alter what is socially acceptable in a communal environment or experience. That argument has been tried in court before and is rarely accepted, so there's no need for us to even consider it in this discussion.

Team Lin-Manuel, all the way! It's beyond rude to text or use your cellphone at ALL during a performance. She should damn well know better.

I love that she got called out on it publicly.

I've only sat near a celebrity once during a stage performance. Benedict Cumberbatch sat two seats away from me at Coriolanus in London last year. He texted like a FIEND during the entire intermission. During the performance, he put his phone away and gave the show his full attention. It is simple common courtesy, people!!!

LOL at the person who wrote that she's lucky it wasn't LuPone. Oh I would've paid SO MUCH MONEY to see Madonna get her ass handed to her by LuPone!!!

I guess some people are cut out to battle giants, and others are not.

^^^

Oh man, can you imagine?

While I am Team Lin, I'm a bit over this whole "look what A-Listers bought our house seats and came backstage" that we have to endure every performance, while most of us have to wait until at least July just to see the show. (Especially now that it's with the "if we deem them worthy" qualifier.)

Updated On: 4/20/15 at 01:54 PM

I have no issue with someone using their phone either prior to the show starting and at intermission. That is, of course, provided that they put the phone away during the show. What Cumberbatch did was, in my mind okay. But, Madonna has had this pompous holier than thou attitude lately which leads her to feel as if society norms are beneath her. She comes off as a stuck up little bitch and I am glad that Lin-Manuel didn't invite her backstage. Good job on his part. As for Madonna, she has to get her head out of her backside and realize that the world doesn't revolve around her and that other people matter too.

I doubt Madonna bought her ticket before the reviews came out. Did she buy it at all? Just how do these celebritys get in, anyhow?

House seats. A call from their people to the management of the Public and the seats are paid for and arranged. Comp tickets are actually generally very sparse for a successful show like this- only members of the press or voting bodies, and the few comps allowed the actors (I imagine under 4, considering the size of the cast). I believe even Public staff have been denied comps since before it was reviewed.

But I believe there aren't even house seats available and haven't been for a while.

^ Die.