“While seeing what the Door McAllen did with ‘Hamilton’ may seem unprecedented, it should be noted that this isn’t the first time they’ve done this. In fact, OnStage Blog has obtained a video of the entire performance of “Disney’s Beauty & the Beast” the church produced in 2018 that featured similar alterations to the script.”

Over the past couple of days, there has been a lot of discussion over the unauthorized performance of ‘Hamilton’ by a church in Texas. Many have been asking what exact changes the church made to the script. While we can’t post the entire video here, we can post some snippets of their edits. So here are some of them.

The team at ‘Hamilton’ have released the following statement regarding the unauthorized production of the show which occurred over the weekend. “Hamilton does not grant amateur or professional licenses for any stage productions and did not grant one to The Door Church.”

“There’s nothing about the role of Ebeneezer Scrooge that says he can’t be Deaf. There’s nothing that says that the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella can’t be blind. There’s nothing that pigeonholes anyone when you remember that folks with disabilities are people, just like everyone else, who can be misers or fairy godmothers or flirtatious townswomen. That openness is, inherently, authentic casting.”

A church in McAllen, TX is claiming today that it had permission from the legal team at ‘Hamilton’ to perform Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning show along with additions into the script to illustrate the teachings of Jesus Christ and deliver an anti-LGBTQ sermon at the conclusion of the performance.

“A church in Texas is coming under fire today performing ‘Hamilton’ without obtaining rights to the show as well as changing the text and adding an anti-LGBTQ sermon at the end of the show.”

It’s been six years since ‘Hamilton’ dominated the 70th annual Tony Awards. So let’s take a look back and ask if it really deserved all of the awards it won.

“Musicals at Richter in Danbury, CT is a prime example of the tenacity and persistence required in theater.”

“Did ‘The Producers’ deserve all those Tony wins? Let’s dig in.”

Some shows contain scenes with explicit violence, full-frontal nudity, and in some cases, even scenes depicting sexual acts on stage. As one can imagine, this often provokes controversy and often can spark outright negative reactions from the audience. In cases such as this, it is worth asking: Are there instances in which theatre goes “too far”? If so, what would they be?

“A theatre professor says she was let go from their position at Anderson University due to being queer. To make matters worse, the South Carolina university isn’t denying that was the reason.”

“Something this awful is absolutely a rarity on Broadway, if not the entire professional theater industry. But it’s not exactly shocking when you consider who is at the center of this mess, producer Garth Drabinsky.”