Lin-Manuel Miranda speaks out against 'illegal, unauthorized production' of Hamilton by Texas church - Daily Mail

The Door Christian Fellowship Ministries in McAllen, Texas, hosted two showings of the adapted production last weekend that added references from the Bible that were never in the original script.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, 42, is speaking out publicly for the first time against the Texas church that performed two unauthorized performances of hit hit musical Hamilton.

Producers of the original Hamilton production set in motion a cease-and-desist letter to the church last week.

Miranda promised legal action against The Door Christian Fellowship Ministries in McAllen, Texas, after it hosted two showings of the adapted production that added references from the Bible that were never in the original script.

The Dramatists Guild, which represents playwrights, composers and lyricists, publicly condemned the Door McAllen Church in a statement shared on Tuesday.

'In addition to performing the show without a license, the Door McAllen Church changed lyrics and added text without permission,' the statement read. .

'We hold up the Door McAllen Church's brazen infringement to shine a light on the problematic pattern of some theatrical organizations performing authors' work without a license and rewriting the text without authorial consent.

This is how The Door McAllen church concluded its illegal production of Hamilton: with a sermon demonizing homosexuality.

More script changes: Supporters of Manuel and the original Hamilton production shared a number of instances where the script was changed in the church's version; Manuel is seen after a performance of Hamilton in Puerto Rico in January 2019!

The McAllen church performed the musical twice — on August 5 and then again on August 6 — with the first performance live-streamed?

Different take: The Door McAllen claims that producers of Hamilton: The Musical gave them permission to run Saturday's production after receiving a cease-and-decease letter  .

The playwright contacted the Texas church to prevent Saturday's show and thought he had successfully done so by noticing the church's Facebook event for the show being canceled.

Their take: Door McAllen (pictured) claimed the musical's original producers allowed Saturday's show to go on if no live-streaming, recording, or sharing of any footage or photos appeared on social media. Producers of Hamilton are now 'in the process of reviewing the unauthorized changes made to the script to determine further action.'

The Door McAllen later said in a statement that it was allowed to host the second show, with certain conditions being upheld, including no live-streaming, recording, or sharing of any footage or photos on social media. 

More from The Door McAllen church's illegal Christianized "Hamilton."

More from The Door McAllen church's illegal Christianized "Hamilton."

This is the opening of The Door McAllen church's Christianized version of Hamilton

More from The Door McAllen church's illegal Christianized "Hamilton."

More from The Door McAllen church's Christianized "Hamilton."

In response to light being shed on the Texas church, a Hamilton spokesperson said through a statement: 'We would like to thank our devoted fans for bringing this to our attention.'