It was an icy reception as the Vice President-Elect Mike Pence entered the the building to see the highly acclaimed and popular Broadway sensation Hamilton on Friday. He received cheers and boos.
Before he left, Pence received a message from the stage about diversity and equality. Marc Snetilker quickly tweeted a personal message to Pence:
Hope he enjoys the curtain call speech about BroadwayCares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Reminder that the current star of Hamilton is the incomparable Javier Munoz, an open gay, openly HIV-positve actor. Pay attention, Pence.
Here are the words by Brandon V. Dixon representing the cast and the essence of the play, Hamilton (@HamiltonMusical). Dixon first speaks to the audience and then catching the attention of Pence who was leaving the building:
“Do you know who was joining us tonight? You know, we had a guest in the audience this evening. And Vice President-Elect Mike Pence, I see you’re walking out. I hope you will hear us just a few more moments.
There’s nothing to boo here, ladies and gentleman. There’s nothing to boo. We’re all here sharing a story of love. We have a real message for you, sir. We hope that you will hear us out. And I encourage everybody to pause your phones and tweet and post, because this message needs to be spread far and wide, okay?
Vice President-Elect Pence, we welcome you and we truly thank you for joining us here at Hamilton American Musical, we really do.
We, sir, we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir. But we truly hope this show has inspired you to uphold ourAmerican values and work on behalf of all of us. All of us. Again, we truly thank you truly for (sharing) this show, this wonderful American story told by a diverse group of men and women of different colors, creeds and orientations.”
I usually don’t ask questions at the end of my stories, but I’m curious. Do you think Pence will heed those words or will he simply go back to being the homophobic, pro-conversion therapy Mike Pence, and running mate of the racist … Donald J. Trump?’
Read an update here:
Donald Trump demands Hamilton cast 'Apologize!' for delivering message to Mike Pence after show