Riane Leonard: Rights Violations and Audience Members

riane leonard: Riane Leonard, a member of the Canadian company production team and manager of its Twitter account, first noticed the online activity on Friday night and thought it was just audience members talking about enjoying The Toxic Avenger, the show now being staged by the Steeltown troupe, according to Guelph Mercury. She said Sunday that once she read the tweets one said the company should be held accountable for their human rights violations she thought, What could we possibly have done to deserve this Leonard managed to piece together what had happened by looking at what was trending on social media. Many angry Americans had mistaken the Ontario theatre company Twitter handle Hamilton Theatre for that of Hamilton, the hit Broadway musical Hamilton Musical the cast and crew of which had criticized Donald Trump running mate Mike Pence Friday night. Attorney Hamilton Casting Call Violates City Human Rights Law CBS New York https //t.co/N2oqVA0gOi Team Trump&DEPLORABLE Sodonnell312 November 20, 2016 Sodonnell312 cbslocal ...the hypocrites ... should be held accountable for their human rights violations Michael Mbione2014 November 20, 2016 From the New York stage, after Friday performance, actor Brandon Victor Dixon who plays Aaron Burr, America third vice-president told Pence the U.S. vice-president-elect that he and the cast and crew of the Broadway show fret that Trump and his future administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights. President-elect Trump took to Twitter early Sunday to say that Pence had been harassed, and demanded an apology from Hamilton cast and producers. He urged Pence to uphold American values and work on behalf of all people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.