Broadway. The home of so many amazing musicals and shows that resonate, challenge, bring tears of laughter and sorrow, and make you think. Its also a place where the audience is always asked to be respectful and mindful of those on stage. And when they are not…

That wasn’t the first time actress and Broadway star Patti Lupone stopped the show because of an audience member’s rudeness. Several years ago, she had people thrown out because she and the audience had had enough of them taking photos during the show.

Then there is the idiot who thought it would be a grand idea to climb onto the stage to find an outlet to charge his cell phone! I kid you not. Cell phones, talking during the show, crinkling papers, protesting, booing …all are annoyances to the actors and oftentimes serve to break their rhythm.

These are the things that Just. Aren’t. Done. during a Broadway show. Well, once again, we find out that there are exceptions to the rules. Tolerance as a one-way street combined with out and out rudeness reared its ugly head during Broadway’s Hamilton show last night.

Evidently any and ALL sense of decorum is happily thrown out the window by the audience AND cast if someone from the upcoming Trump Administration is in the house.

Here's Pence getting booed as he gets to his seats at Hamilton pic.twitter.com/IRQG68x1sB

— David K (@dkipke12) November 19, 2016

What a fabulous start to a show. Just…craptastic. But it didn’t stop there. Twitter started reacting and it was just “lovely”

Pence, I feel ya. If a homophobe who wants to electrocute gays can't go to musical without getting booed, nothing's sacred anymore #Hamilton

— Eric John (@EricJohnThe1st) November 19, 2016

The best part of Pence's Hamilton experience being ruined for me is knowing that I, a brown queer, have better seats than he does.

— Your Uncle That Worked at Nintendo (@twittysuch) November 19, 2016

Yeah, she seems nice. But then there’s this.

2/2 Crowd went NUTS at King George's lines "when people say they hate you" & "do you know how hard it is to lead?" He had to stop the song.

— Christy Colburn (@christy_colburn) November 19, 2016

The irony is, the entire audience was sitting in New York City. A city within the United States. A country where each and every audience member has Freedom of Speech BECAUSE of Alexander Hamilton and the rest of our Founding Fathers!!! But try and point that out to them and I’d be willing to bet you’d get this “logical” answer…. ‘But that’s different!’  Yeah, you go with that.

Unfortunately, to their discredit, the cast of Hamilton didn’t stop the audience. In fact they encouraged it and proceeded to lecture Vice President-Elect Pence after the curtain call.

Tonight, VP-Elect Mike Pence attended #HamiltonBway. After the show, @BrandonVDixon delivered the following statement on behalf of the show. pic.twitter.com/Jsg9Q1pMZs

— Hamilton (@HamiltonMusical) November 19, 2016

To Pence’s credit, he stayed and listened. He didn’t run for a safe space and he didn’t whine to the press about being triggered. That, to me, showed a lot of courage, fortitude, and CLASS. More class than anyone on that stage or in the audience exhibited last night. Understandably those of us with a better handle on reality and manners aren’t pleased.

Don't recall actors heroically giving any "inclusiveness" lectures to Obama, who broke the record for number of people deported.

— Razor (@hale_razor) November 19, 2016

OUCH. Others commented that booing the was a mean, empty, and useless gesture. If they were REALLY serious about their stance, they should’ve walked out of the theatre. Instead they acted like spoiled brats throwing temper tantrums about things they know nothing about. President-Elect Trump wasn’t pleased either.

Our wonderful future V.P. Mike Pence was harassed last night at the theater by the cast of Hamilton, cameras blazing.This should not happen!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2016

The Theater must always be a safe and special place.The cast of Hamilton was very rude last night to a very good man, Mike Pence. Apologize!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2016

The audience and cast WAS rude. Their behavior was completely uncalled for and, quite frankly, outside the pale. Its actions like that that usually get people thrown out. Instead, the excuses for their crass rudeness are flying.

conversation is not harassment sir. And I appreciate @mike_pence for stopping to listen.

— Brandon Victor Dixon (@BrandonVDixon) November 19, 2016

A conversation?? Wait what? Brandon, you might want to revisit the definition of a conversation. It usually involves dialogue between at least TWO people. It doesn’t involve nor even remotely resemble a diatribe from one person directed toward another with zero chance of response. You as an actor should KNOW that.

By the way, if the cast of Hamilton plans to offer up another lecture “conversation” to anyone associated with the Trump Administration (that is if your show hasn’t imploded by then due to losses at the box office), you might want to think about THIS little fact regarding Alexander Hamilton.

Oh and by the way, it was Alexander Hamilton who championed the Electoral College. I guess that didn't make the musical.

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) November 13, 2016

OUCH. Truth hurts doesn’t it? Oh wait, never mind, you can’t handle stuff like that. Y’all are just actors. History, pesky facts, voting, and reality aren’t your gig. Safe spaces, ego boosts, condescending grandstanding, and crass publicity is.