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'Hamilton' Cast Makes Appeal To Attendee Mike Pence, Amid Emotional Audience

play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0002:00repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser¹ to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: 

Vice² President-elect Mike Pence stepped out last night to see one of the hottest shows in New York, "Hamilton: An American Musical." Mr. Pence was greeted with equally loud cheering and booing when he walked into the theater.

The show is a salute³ to the contribution of immigrants performed by a proudly and deliberately⁴ multicultural⁵ cast. The Trump⁶ campaign often pledged to ban immigrants from Muslim countries.

Members of the audience who were near Mr. Pence reported that he appeared to enjoy the show and applauded liberally, if you please. Others said there were particularly raucous⁷ crowd reaction to lines like immigrants...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "YORKTOWN (THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN)")

DAVEED DIGGS: (Singing, As Marquis de Lafayette) Immigrants...

DAVEED DIGGS AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA: (Singing, as Marquis de Lafayette And Alexander Hamilton) We get the job done.

SIMON: ...We get the job done.

At the end of the show, Brandon Victor Dixon, who plays Founding Father Aaron Burr, stepped out and thanked Mr. Pence for attending and as the cast held hands and linked arms behind him, read a statement.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

BRANDON VICTOR DIXON: We, sir - we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us...

(APPLAUSE)

DIXON: ...Our planet, our children, our parents or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir. But we truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and to work on behalf of all of us, all of us.

(APPLAUSE)

SIMON: The vice president-elect was on his way out, but a spokesperson said that Mr. Pence stood outside the theater and heard the full statement.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE SCHUYLER SISTERS ")

JASMINE CEPHAS JONES AND RENéE ELISE GOLDSBERRY AND PHILLIPA SOO: (as Peggy, Angelica and Elizabeth, singing) And we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.

SIMON: The president-elect tweeted his displeasure. The theater must always be a safe and special place, he said. The cast of "Hamilton" was very rude last night to a very good man, Mike Pence. Apologize.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE SCHUYLER SISTERS")

 

JONES AND GOLDSBERRY AND SOO: (As Peggy, Angelica and Elizabeth, singing) Work, work - we're looking for a mind at work, work. Hey - work, work - hey - work, work - hey - work, work - in the greatest city, in the greatest city in the world, in the greatest city in the world.

1 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 salute   

vi.行礼，致意，问候，放礼炮；vt.向…致意，迎接，赞扬；n.招呼，敬礼，礼炮

参考例句：

• Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.商船互相点旗致敬。
• The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。

4 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

5 multicultural   

adj.融合多种文化的，多种文化的

参考例句：

• Children growing up in a multicultural society.在多元文化社会中长大的孩子们。
• The school has been attempting to bring a multicultural perspective to its curriculum.这所学校已经在尝试将一种多元文化视角引入其课程。

6 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

7 raucous   

adj.(声音)沙哑的，粗糙的

参考例句：

• I heard sounds of raucous laughter upstairs.我听见楼上传来沙哑的笑声。
• They heard a bottle being smashed,then more raucous laughter.他们听见酒瓶摔碎的声音，然后是一阵更喧闹的笑声。