{"id":54677,"date":"2022-08-24T06:36:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T06:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/texas-church-issues-apology-for-unauthorised-christian-hamilton-that-rewrote-bawdy-raps-hamilton\/"},"modified":"2022-08-24T06:36:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T06:36:04","slug":"texas-church-issues-apology-for-unauthorised-christian-hamilton-that-rewrote-bawdy-raps-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/texas-church-issues-apology-for-unauthorised-christian-hamilton-that-rewrote-bawdy-raps-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas church issues apology for unauthorised ‘Christian’ Hamilton that rewrote bawdy raps | Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"
A church in Texas has apologised to Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and agreed to share legal damages after staging an unauthorised production of the hit Broadway musical whose songs and dialogue had been changed to include Christian themes.<\/p>\n
Produced by nondenominational church The Door McAllen, the production was followed by a sermon stating that God could help people struggling with homosexuality.<\/p>\n
It was first livestreamed on Friday 5 August. Clips were subsequently shared on social media and lawyers for the official Hamilton sent a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n
In a statement posted on Instagram on Tuesday, church pastor Roman Gutierrez personally apologised to Miranda and the writers and producers of Hamilton for staging a production without permission that \u201cinfringed on the rights and copyrights of many\u201d.<\/p>\n