The aftermath of the ‘Hamilton’-Trump feud turns ugly in Chicago, gets weird in Canada
By Travis M. Andrews November 21
On Saturday evening, fans of Broadway’s smash hit “Hamilton” poured into downtown Chicago’s PrivateBank Theatre for a showing put on by the musical’s traveling cast.
They were not throwing away their shot.
Presumably, everyone was excited to see the show — tickets, after all, soared to more than $600 for some seats.
John Palmer, 56, was presumably not in this number, though.
In the song “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down),” the cast sings “Immigrants / We get the job done.” When the cast reached this line at the Chicago show, the crowd cheered, as has become commonplace.
Palmer, by contrast, stood and yelled profanities, audience member Brea Hayes told the Chicago Tribune. He continued ranting for two songs, according to Chicago Tribune reporter Jodi Cohen, who happened to be in attendance.
During the song “Dear Theodosia,” Palmer allegedly yelled, “We won. You Lost. Get over it. F— you.” He was escorted from the theater with little incident, although he allegedly initially resisted.
“He started raising his voice and throwing up middle fingers at anyone who looked at him, including me and my best friend,” audience member Ken Keacher told pop culture website Pajiba.
Kate Hoyt, who was with Keacher, said, “He was saying things like, ‘We won. Trump is president. Get over it.’ At some point Ken [Keacher] leaned into the aisle to try and tell him to leave and the guy then put up both his fists and said, ‘Let’s go, Democrats. I’ll kill you all.’ ”
Venue staff members told Broadway World that he was intoxicated. Palmer was charged with one misdemeanor count of criminal trespass to land after causing a disturbance at the performance and refusing to leave and has an initial court date set for Jan. 9, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Audience members claimed the cast didn’t skip a beat — literally — at the disruption.
Meanwhile in Canada. . .
Finally, some of the fallout has been slightly humorous, such as what occurred in Canada. (That’s right — not even our neighbors to the north are safe from the collision of two of America’s most hotly discussed topics of 2016 — “Hamilton” and Trump.)
Hamilton Theatre Inc. in Hamilton, Ontario, staged a performance of “The Toxic Avenger” on Friday night. Riane Leonard, who was running the lights, checked her phone after the show to find a string of tweets directed at the small company.
Excited, she looked through them. Quickly, her stomach tied itself into knots.
“The first one was something like, ‘I’m never supporting Hamilton Theatre again!’ ” she told CBC. She said she thought, ” ‘Oh, sweet God, what did we do that was so wrong?”
Slowly, it dawned on her.
“Dozens of angry Americans tagged the Hamilton theatre company’s Twitter account instead of the official ‘Hamilton’ musical account,” Leonard told CBC.
Although the tweets led to a moment of panic, Leonard said she supports the cast’s decision.
“They had an opportunity to have their voice heard by someone who is very high up in their government,” she said. “I think it would’ve been a missed opportunity if not.”
With that in mind, she doesn’t mind the mix-up.
“If we helped take any of the heat off our friends on Broadway, we’re here to help,” she said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ly-in-chicago-gets-weird-in-canada/?tid=a_inl
Wow. The Kanadian Klan is even dumber'n the American one!
By Travis M. Andrews November 21
On Saturday evening, fans of Broadway’s smash hit “Hamilton” poured into downtown Chicago’s PrivateBank Theatre for a showing put on by the musical’s traveling cast.
They were not throwing away their shot.
Presumably, everyone was excited to see the show — tickets, after all, soared to more than $600 for some seats.
John Palmer, 56, was presumably not in this number, though.
In the song “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down),” the cast sings “Immigrants / We get the job done.” When the cast reached this line at the Chicago show, the crowd cheered, as has become commonplace.
Palmer, by contrast, stood and yelled profanities, audience member Brea Hayes told the Chicago Tribune. He continued ranting for two songs, according to Chicago Tribune reporter Jodi Cohen, who happened to be in attendance.
During the song “Dear Theodosia,” Palmer allegedly yelled, “We won. You Lost. Get over it. F— you.” He was escorted from the theater with little incident, although he allegedly initially resisted.
“He started raising his voice and throwing up middle fingers at anyone who looked at him, including me and my best friend,” audience member Ken Keacher told pop culture website Pajiba.
Kate Hoyt, who was with Keacher, said, “He was saying things like, ‘We won. Trump is president. Get over it.’ At some point Ken [Keacher] leaned into the aisle to try and tell him to leave and the guy then put up both his fists and said, ‘Let’s go, Democrats. I’ll kill you all.’ ”
Venue staff members told Broadway World that he was intoxicated. Palmer was charged with one misdemeanor count of criminal trespass to land after causing a disturbance at the performance and refusing to leave and has an initial court date set for Jan. 9, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Audience members claimed the cast didn’t skip a beat — literally — at the disruption.
Meanwhile in Canada. . .
Finally, some of the fallout has been slightly humorous, such as what occurred in Canada. (That’s right — not even our neighbors to the north are safe from the collision of two of America’s most hotly discussed topics of 2016 — “Hamilton” and Trump.)
Hamilton Theatre Inc. in Hamilton, Ontario, staged a performance of “The Toxic Avenger” on Friday night. Riane Leonard, who was running the lights, checked her phone after the show to find a string of tweets directed at the small company.
Excited, she looked through them. Quickly, her stomach tied itself into knots.
“The first one was something like, ‘I’m never supporting Hamilton Theatre again!’ ” she told CBC. She said she thought, ” ‘Oh, sweet God, what did we do that was so wrong?”
Slowly, it dawned on her.
“Dozens of angry Americans tagged the Hamilton theatre company’s Twitter account instead of the official ‘Hamilton’ musical account,” Leonard told CBC.
Although the tweets led to a moment of panic, Leonard said she supports the cast’s decision.
“They had an opportunity to have their voice heard by someone who is very high up in their government,” she said. “I think it would’ve been a missed opportunity if not.”
With that in mind, she doesn’t mind the mix-up.
“If we helped take any of the heat off our friends on Broadway, we’re here to help,” she said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ly-in-chicago-gets-weird-in-canada/?tid=a_inl
Wow. The Kanadian Klan is even dumber'n the American one!
