Mike Pence tries to end the 'Hamilton' drama while Trump stokes the flames

'I really enjoyed watching Hamilton.'
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Brian Koerber
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The feud between the Broadway musical Hamilton and Vice President-elect Mike Pence is hopefully coming to a close.

According to Fox News Sunday, Pence claims that he was not offended when the cast of Hamilton delivered a statement to him after curtain call at a show he attended on Friday evening. The statement came after Pence was booed by the audience when he went to take his seat.

Pence does admit to hearing "a few boos" but says that he enjoyed the show and that it was "a real joy to be there."

While there were more than a few boos as Pence entered the room that evening, he is clearly taking the high road compared to President-elect Donald Trump, who tweeted multiple times about the show.

Trump claimed that Pence was harassed at the show.

Then demanded an apology from the cast for their statement.

Trump continued to demand an apology as late as Sunday morning while dishing his own jab by calling the show "highly overrated." Clearly the drama was really bother the President-elect.

Some people have criticized Trump's initial response for declaring the theater a "safe space" because conservatives have mocked the idea of safe spaces.

While others are upset that Trump was quick to defend Pence for simply getting booed, but isn't doing enough to dispel the uptick in hate crimes since the election ended.

Some claim the whole thing is a distraction from the real news that's going on.

Hamilton is a highly popular Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda that celebrates immigrants and features a multicultural cast as well as several LGBT performers. Currently, its star is Javier Munoz, an openly gay, HIV-positive actor who advocates for both communities.

Pence has been criticized in the past for his stance on LGBT issues which include his support of a bill in 2015 to allow businesses to discriminate against LGBT people and how he handled an HIV outbreak in Indiana during his time as state governor.

Regardless of your views on Pence, at least he's trying to put the feud with Hamilton behind us while Trump continues to stoke the flames.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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