Posted: 4/20/15 at 3:02pm
This thread is silly IMO. There is no choosing sides in this matter. Whomever is texting during a performance is WRONG.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 3:10pm
House seats. A call from their people to the management of the Public and the seats are paid for and arranged.
Thanks. Of course it was obnoxious behavior, but in a way (a small way), haven't the management encouraged her entitlement by treating her like this?
Posted: 4/20/15 at 3:17pm
They didn't treat her any differently than the thousands of other celebrities who have acquired house seats to Public shows in its 60+ year history. Has nothing to do with entitlement. It has to do with ignorance and arrogance, which is different and more dangerous.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 3:29pm
As somebody who's still trying to get into Hamilton via the lottery/cancellation line - Madonna can bite me. Lin-Manuel has been nothing but lovely every time he's passed by the huddled masses yearning to breathe free inside the Newman theater.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 3:31pm
They didn't treat her any differently than all the other people they treat differently, you're right.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 3:41pm
House seats for celebrities / prominent people / donors / friends and relations of those involved are a common practice at every theatre, whether it's the Public or on Broadway. They're given access to very good seats the public may not have immediate access to, but still pay full price.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 3:47pm
House seats are not comps. They are considered among the best seats in the house, and you have to pay for them. Also, leads in the show have a certain amount of house seats in their names for each performance. People who want them have to pay for them. You can obtain them from the personal assistant, who very often has a waiting list for the seats. If some are given as comps, I'm not quite sure who has to pay for them.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 3:48pm
sometimes they pay, often they don't. The after show photo op with a celeb is worth paying for. (I don't know if that was the case here, but it could have been. Even though the photo op was ceremoniously cancelled.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 3:58pm
My friend is personal assistant to one of our biggest stage stars. From day to day, he complains about the constant demand for house seats and has the annoyance of trying to juggle who's coming when, etc. Who cancels when, etc. Pain in the butt.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 4:00pm
Not to mention the terror of a guest's credit card not going through.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 4:07pm
I'm not condoning her actions, but Miranda publicly shaming her is not particularly classy on his part either. Not to mention an ill advised PR move. Hence why he deleted the tweet.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 4:12pm
"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!"
She was on stage in the West End in 2002 when there was texting, but not quite as extensively as today.
Regardless of what happened or her intentions were - we're allllll talking about her, now aren't we? She is and always has been a publicity machine.
It's not working out too shabbily for Hamilton's publicity either.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 4:18pm
Except Lin didn't publicly shame her, since she wasn't mentioned in the tweet. And I think it was perfectly fine- though he did it via Twitter, he isn't the first actor to call out a rude audience member, and he should. If you don't want to be publicly shamed, don't behave like an ass.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 4:19pm
"It's not working out too shabbily for Hamilton's publicity either."
Maybe for some it's working, but it's making me think the show must be boring.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 4:24pm
'Not to mention the terror of a guest's credit card not going through.'
Don't call me out, bitch!!! (That actually happened on Saturday night...they switched two numbers on my card...I felt so poor!)
Posted: 4/20/15 at 4:27pm
""It's not working out too shabbily for Hamilton's publicity either."
Maybe for some it's working, but it's making me think the show must be boring."
...because Madonna got bored?
Robbie: yes... you were the talk of 9th Avenue Saloon for that...
Updated On: 4/20/15 at 04:27 PM
Posted: 4/20/15 at 4:31pm
Madonna is mutton dressed like lamb. I bet her texts were sent via fake British accent.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 4:53pm
Maybe for some it's working, but it's making me think the show must be boring.
Jane2 - Why not see the Hamilton yourself and then decided if it's boring. Of course, you'd have to take time away from your knocking every actor playing Hedwig.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 5:02pm
"..because Madonna got bored?"
Yes, partially.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 5:42pm
All of this disrespect towards Madonna is making me naseous.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 5:57pm
All of this disrespect towards Madonna is making me naseous.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 6:01pm
If you're disrespectful, you'll get disrespect back in return.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 6:03pm
"You could have bought a ticket before the reviews came out."
THANK you for saying this. So many people sit around on here complaining about how they can't get a ticket. When the tickets went onsale, they did not sell out anywhere near immediately. Y'all had the same chance to get a ticket for the show at the $85 price as everybody else, you just missed it. That's on you, not Hamilton.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 6:09pm
I bought a student ticket the day they went on sale because I knew this would be a hot ticket. Plus I've been lucky enough to see it two more times via the lottery.
Posted: 4/20/15 at 6:12pm
And the show is moving to Broadway, where there are many more tickets easily available. I get that no one likes to wait to see a show, but the entitlement of complaint of having to wait until July (horrors!) is ridiculous.
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