An audience disruption took place at the Saturday eveningproduction of "Hamilton" at the PrivateBank Theatre in downtown Chicago.
According to audience member Brea Hayes of Batavia, who was at the performance, anaudience member seated in the front of the balcony shouted profanities and election-related political statements afterthe cast sangthe line,"Immigrants / We get the job done," which is part of the show"s "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)" number.
That lyricis among the most overtly political references in the show and generally gets a big reaction from the audience.
Tribune reporter Jodi Cohen, who was seated in the dress circle at the performance, said that thedisruption from the man above lasted for two songs. Cohen also said that the "Hamilton" actors seemed strikingly somber during the bows at the end of the show.
Hayes said that the man appeared to be intoxicated, shouted "We won" among other things, and was resistant after being asked to leave. She said hefinally was ushered out by Broadway in Chicago staffers.
Other audience members took to social media to describe the incident. Broadway in Chicago has not yet commented on what happened at its theater.
The situation in Chicago followed a Friday performance of"Hamilton" in New York City attended by Vice President-elect Mike Pence. At the close of the show, a cast member read from a prepared statement that addressed Pence politely but directly.
In the hours that followed, President-elect Donald Trump made several criticisms of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, which can be seen in Chicago and New York and that became a political flashpoint over the weekend.
On Sunday morning, he tweeted that he had heardthe show was"overrated."
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PAULIE MALIGNAGGI IMMEDIATE REACTION TO ANDRE WARD"S WIN OVER SERGEY KOVALEV
LAS VEGAS Andre Ward survived a second-round knockdown Saturday night to do just enough to win a narrow decision over Sergey Kovalev in a battle of unbeaten light heavyweights. Ward took Kovalevs light heavyweight titles in a fight that lived up to its advance billing, winning enough rounds late to eke out a unanimous decision.
He remained unbeaten in his last 20 years in the ring, but it wasnt without some moments of worry. All three ringside judges had Ward winning, 114-113. The Associated Press had Kovalev ahead, 116-111.
Kovalev knocked down Ward in the second round and chased him around the ring much of the early part of the fight. But Ward dug deep and managed to land some good punches of his own in a fight that built to a climax in the later rounds. The crowd at the T-Mobile Arena roared its approval as the two fighters went after each other, neither giving an inch. In the end, the judges favored Wards counter punching against the aggressive style of Kovalev.
The fight was billed as a matchup of U.S. and Russian fighters, with the 2004 Olympic gold medalist Ward against a Russian who lives mostly in the Los Angeles area. It was a classic matchup of puncher versus boxer, and for the early part of the fight the puncher was winning.
Kovalev flashed his power early, hitting Ward with a left hand midway through the first round that briefly wobbled Wards legs. Ward grabbed and held on and finished the round jabbing at the Russian, but the tone of the fight was set early. Midway through the second round, both fighters threw right hands but it was Kovalevs that landed flush to the side of Wards head, putting him on the canvas.
He got up quickly and smiles as if not hurt but needed all of his supreme defensive skills to make it out of the round. Ward seemed unwilling to go inside after that, moving backward and trying to land jabs to control the action.
But he abandoned the style that had served him so well over the years and fought moving backward, throwing only one punch at a time, as Kovalev constantly pressed the attack. Ward did have some moments, including the seventh round when he landed a good left that snapped Kovalevs head back. Ward earned $5 million, while Kovalev was paid $2 million plus a percentage of pay-per-view.
Olympian Shields wins pro debut
Claressa Shields didnt feel at her best, but her pro debut was a winning one anyway.
The two-time Olympic gold medalist won a decision Saturday over Franchon Crews in a four-round super middleweight fight, making the transition to the pros after the most successful amateur career for an American woman.
Shields came back from a slow first round to land the bigger punches in an entertaining fight on the undercard of the Sergey Kovalev-Andrew Ward light heavyweight title fight on the Las Vegas Strip.
Its not what I wanted but to be called on, last minute, for a fight of this magnitude, Shields said. I am proud of myself. We will fight again in the future.
Both women were fighting without headgear for the first time but it didnt seem to be a factor as they traded punches freely before a sparse but appreciative crowd. Shields won all four rounds on the score cards of the three ringside judges.
Shields, who became the first American woman to win a gold medal in the 2012 Olympics and added another in Rio in August, had vowed to be impressive in her first pro fight. And she wasnt shy about trading punches with Franchon, a Baltimore fighter who lost to her during the Olympic trials in 2012.
Shields was pushed to the canvas twice by Crews, who started strong but seemed to tire quickly.
It feels so good to have just made my pro debut, she said. This is what Ive been training for. Im faster and I hit harder.
Shields, from Flint, Michigan, weighed 167 pounds to 168 for Crews.
The 21-year-old Shields said she plans to fight up to 10 times in her first year as a pro. Her goal is to one day headline a pay-per-view card of her own.
I believe 150 percent in my boxing ability, she said before the fight. I know Im a great fighter. I fight better than 90 percent of the men who box now. I just know that, and Im not at my best yet.
Womens boxing has largely been a fringe sport in recent years, and women have rarely appeared on televised cards. While the fight was on the undercard of Kovalev-Ward, it wasnt a part of the pay-per-view telecast.
LSU linebacker Duke Riley"s name seemingly comes up every week on Tigers coach Ed Orgeron"s radio show every Wednesday night.
A caller always asks about the John Curtis product and Orgeron is always willing to give a glowing review of the senior.
"What more can you say about Duke?" Orgeron said. "He"s one of our heartbeats of our football team. He"s always around the ball. He"s always enthusiastic."
Riley came up during a question from a caller about some of the more underappreciated players on the team including Riley, nose tackle Greg Gilmore and safety John Battle.
"You have to be strong in the middle and we are," Orgeron said. "You mentioned Greg Gilmore, he paid the price. He got better. He lost some weight. He spends all the time in the world with Coach Jenkins. He"s playing good nose tackle for us.
"John Battle has come in and done a tremendous job. We"re proud of those three guys as we are about everybody. (LSU defensive coordinator) Dave Aranda preaches team defense. All 11 doing their job. Not just those 3. When all 11 do their job, we have success."
Here are some other highlights from Orgeron"s show
On the health of St. Paul"s defensive back Michael Doherty, who suffered a broken vertebrae...
"No. 1, the young man that got hurt from St. Paul"s, we wish him the best. In fact I tried to call him but he was sleeping. We send out prayers for him. We know he"s going to get better and get strong and he"s going to fight."
On the comparison between on former USC RB Reggie Bush and LSU RB Derrius Guice...
"You bring up a good comparison. Reggie had a tremendous cut. He rushed to the left and cut to the right as good as anybody I seen until I seen Derrius. Derruis" cuts are just as sharp and just as quick as Reggie. Reggie may be a little bit faster than Derrius and Derrius is probably a little bit stronger than him. But they are both similar runners and that"s a great comparison."
On the players wanting to bring "The Golden Boot" back home...
"They were on a mission. They wanted that Boot. They wanted to bring that Boot back. It"s back at the office. It looks good. We shined it up. Especially the Louisiana part. We left the Arkansas part unshined. There was a lot of pride. They wanted to get that thing. Arkansas had beaten us for two years. They went up there on a mission and came back successful."
On the lack of holding calls the Tigers are getting this season...
"First of all, when an offensive lineman holds one of our defensive lineman, we get their hands off. We work on hand blocks with Pete Jenkins. We do it all the time. Holding nowadays seems legal in some situations so you got to fight it. You can question it but if they don"t call it there"s nothing you can do about it."
On a caller asking about top recruit Marvin Wilson...
"Well I can"t comment on any recruits right now. I just can tell you that we always going to go after the best players in the country and LSU usually gets them."
On how LSU will change its schedule for Saturday"s noon kickoff...
"Our guys are going to go to bed a 9:00 on Friday night. We"re going to go to bed a little earlier. We have 18, 19 seniors that"ll be saying goodbye to the LSU fans. It"s going to be an emotional day. We"re going to get up about 8:00 and do the things we do to get ready for the football game. We"ll leave Lod Cook (Hotel) with a clap session that gets everybody fired up and we"ll get on the bus and have a tremendous tiger walk and lets go. I mean, its 12:00, 3:00, 5:00, 6:00 let"s play ball. It don"t matter."
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The Sun reported that the assailants made off with the footballer"s 25,000 Rolex.
A Met Police spokesman said: "One of the suspects threatened the victim with a knife before stealing his watch. The victim was not injured.
"At this early stage, officers are investigating whether the suspects intentionally collided with the victim"s car."
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic described Carroll as "very brave" after the player was allegedly targeted as he drove his Mercedes G-Wagon back to his home in Essex from the club"s Rush Green training ground.
Jack O"Brien, 22, of Ivyhouse Road, Dagenham, east London, is due to appear in court charged with a string of offences, including attempted robbery in connection with Mr Carroll.
[News] Let"s talk about Mike Pence, HAMILTON, and Free Speech
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Republican president-elect Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd during his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown.
So much for that "restraint" idea.
Barely a week after having pledged to restrain himself on social media after his stunning White House win, President-elect Donald Trump has leapt back into the Internet fray with gusto, tweeting at the crack of dawn at a few familiar targets in a way that undermined his efforts to behave more presidential.
In just the last 24 hours alone, the newly-elected leader of the free world has used Twitter to blast the castmembers of the hit Broadway play "Hamilton" and NBC"s "Saturday Night Live" (NBC is owned by Comcast, the parent company of CNBC). On Saturday night"s episode, the show lampooned Trump"s meeting with former GOP nominee Mitt Romney, who is rumored to be in the running for a cabinet position.
After Vice President-elect Mike Pence was both hectored and lectured at a Friday night showing of "Hamilton"unleashing a firestorm on the news cycle that has yet to abateTrump demanded that the troupe apologize to Pence in a series of tweets.
That post came virtually after 6am Eastern, and came after he deleted a tweet that accused a "Hamilton" actor of being unable to "memorize lines." Meanwhile, Pence told Fox News that he enjoyed the play, and was not offended by the curtain call speech that singled him out, the network reported.
On Sunday, the president-elect doubled down on his criticism of the show, took aim at SNL and boasted that he would have prevailed had a civil suit against Trump University gone to court. Trump settled the case for $25 million in a deal announced on Friday.
His broadsides against "Hamilton" and SNL capped a week in which he also blasted the New York Times for its reporting of his transition team. It suggested Trump will have a difficult time keeping his word to be more circumspect about his social media postings. In an interview with CBS"s "60 Minutes" last week, Trump vowed to be more restrained on Twitter.
Trump also complimented Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, who is poised to become Senate minority leader. The president-elect referred to the New York Democrat as "far smarter" than his predecessor Harry Reid.
Longhorn Weekly with Charlie Strong [Nov. 17, 2016]
This season has beenone long roller-coaster ride for Texas Coach Charlie Strong.
Up: a thrilling opening win over Notre Dame. Down: consecutive losses to California, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma. Up: consecutive wins over Baylor and Texas Tech. Pause: a tough loss to nationally ranked West Virginia.
And then, what was likely the final dive.
Before Saturday, Texas had not lost to Kansas since 1938.
Before Saturday, Kansas had lost 19 consecutive Big 12 Conference games.
Two Matthew Wyman kicks knocked Strong all the way out of Texas.
The Kansas kicker made a 36-yard field goal with seven seconds left to tie the score, 21-21, and send the game to overtime. Then he knocked in another field goal in overtime, from 25 yards, to give the Jayhawks the upset victory.
Asked what the loss meant regarding his future, Strong was visibly upset and could only stammer his answer: I just No, I dont.
As for some of the Longhorns faithful, well, their sentiment was summoned up by one Internet summary that began: Dear Texas president Greg Fenves, this is what rock-bottom looks like... You may now pull the plug.
Even before the loss, there were reports that Texas boosters were pressuring the university to make a play for Houston Coach Tom Herman.
Herman was hot property when the Cougars opened the season with an upset of then-No. 3 Oklahoma, but had cooled off a bit after midseason losses to Navy and Southern Methodist.
He got another jolt when Houston routed No. 5 Louisville, 36-10, on Thursday. Hermans Cougars have won their last four games against top-10 teams.
Easy street
You could call it Week 12 of the college football season.
You could call it the week Harvard played Yale, UCLA played USC and Florida finally played Louisiana State.
Or, around the Southeastern Conference, you could call it Patsy Week when several of the leagues teams faced opponents that were, or should have been, completely overmatched.
Those opponents included Texas San Antonio, Louisiana Lafayette, Austin Peay, Chattanooga, Alabama A&M and Western Carolina.
Without Hurricane Matthew, which forced Florida and Louisiana State to cancel their scheduled games and play each other in a makeup, Presbyterian and South Alabama could have been added to the list.
The results were predictable, sort of.
There wasnt an upset, though there were several competitive games: No. 25 Texas A&M defeated Texas San Antonio, 23-10; Georgia downed Louisiana Lafayette, 35-21; and South Carolina took down Western Carolina, 44-31.
Shoot, even Chattanooga held an early field-goal lead over top-ranked Alabama before the Crimson Tide restored order and cruised to a 31-3 win.
There were only two actual routs: Kentucky over Austin Peay, 49-13, and No. 15 Auburn over Alabama A&M, 55-0.
Gators bite
Leonard Fournette was there for Louisiana State before the Tigers game against Florida. He even unexpectedly showed up during the game, despite a nagging injury. But he didnt get the call with the game on the line, one yard from the end zone and a likely victory with three seconds left on the clock.
That carry went to Derrius Guice, who has been the teams featured back when Fournette has been nursing injuries.
Guice was stuffed at the line, fumbled, and Florida escaped with a 16-10 win that delivered serious damage to Ed Orgerons hopes of sticking as Louisiana States coach.
Fournette wasnt expected to play, but changed his mind after things got chippy between the teams before the game. Players and coaches from both sides shouted, postured and, in a couple of cases, pushed and shoved.
Video showed Fournette twice shoving Florida assistant Torrian Gray as the secondary coach walked toward a group of Louisiana Stateplayers and coaches.
A short time later, back in the locker room, Fournette surprised Orgeron with a request to suit up.
He came to me right before the game and said, Coach, I want to play. I want to support my team, Orgeron said.
Fournette had 40 yards in 12 carries.
You can see he wasn"t full speed, Orgeron said.
Floridas Jim McElwain became the first SEC coach to take his team to the conference championship game in each of his first two years on the job.
Big fall
The smart people at Harvard probably thought this fall couldnt get worse.
They thought wrong.
The mens soccer season already had been canceled after an article in the university newspaper revealed that for years the players had been rating members of the schools womens soccer team on their looks and other nonathletic or academic qualities. The mens cross-country team is under investigation after similar allegations.
But the Crimson still had football, and all they needed to clinch a share of their fourth consecutive Ivy League championship was a victory over Yale 2-7 Yale in the 133rdedition of The Game.
Harvard entered the game with a 7-2 record and nine consecutive victories in their series against Yale.
Final: Yale 21, Harvard 14.
Its heartbreaking, Coach Tim Murphy said. Its heartbreaking for our seniors because they had a chance to win an Ivy League championship. Its heartbreaking for our seniors because at the end of the day, this games about pride pride in our team, pride in our program, and certainly pride in our school.
Pulling rank
If you know your San Diego State football history, the Aztecs 34-33 upset loss to Wyoming couldnt have been all that much of a surprise.
Given respect, they just cant win.
Riding a six-game winning streak, San Diego State returned to the Associated Press top 25 this week the kiss of death. Since 1977, the Aztecs are winless as members of the top 25.
Earlier this year, they broke in just in time to lose to South Alabama.
Against Wyoming, they scored on a 23-yard pass from Christian Chapman to Quest Truxton as time ran out, but lost when a two-point conversion pass was broken up.
San Diego State has lost its last four games as a ranked team.
Aztecs running back Donnel Pumphrey was held to 76 yards in 17 carries, but still moved past Tony Dorsett into third place on the NCAA major-college career rushing list. Pumphrey has 6.127 yards, trailing former Wisconsin star Ron Dayne (6.397) and Texas Ricky Williams (6,279).
Extra points
Notre Dames loss to Virginia Tech means the Fighting Irish will finish a season without consecutive victories for the first time since 1960. Stanfords Christian McCaffrey would appear to be completely healthy again. In his last four games, he has787 yards in 103 carries an average of 7.64 yards per carry and scored nine touchdowns. Stanfords win over California is the Cardinals seventh in a row over the Golden Bears,tied for the longest winning streak in the series.
Los Angeles Times wire services contributed to this report.
The Edge of Seventeen | “Swimming Pool" Clip | Now Playing In Theaters
We have James L. Brooks to thank for many things: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Simpsons, Broadcast News, and one of the most iconic scenes in the history of teen movies. Brooks was an executive producer on Cameron Crowes Say Anything..., which gave us John Cusack holding a boom box aloft so the sounds of Peter Gabriel could drift into the object of his affections window. The entertainment legend now has his name on another film about the anxiety of adolescence, The Edge Of Seventeen. Written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, Edge follows the prickly Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), something of a lonerpartly of her own designwho relies on her best friend, Krista (Haley Lu Richardson), for solace. When Krista starts dating Darian (Blake Jenner), who happens to be Kristas annoyingly popular older brother, Nadine descends into a self-destructive tailspin. The film deftly unpacks the agony of a teenage girl who believes the world has it out for her.
Brooks has a history of shepherding young writers to creative success, having worked with the likes of Crowe and Wes Anderson at the outset of their careers. The A.V. Club spoke with Brooks at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Edge premiered on closing night.
The A.V. Club: How did you come across this script?
James L. Brooks: Julie Ansell, who works for me, who looks for scripts, found this one. I read it, and it was fine. Kelly came in, and we talked. Then just as she was leavingthe whole thing was overshe turned around, and she said in a definite P.S.: Nobody will ever work as hard as I do. That really impressed me. We went forward without saying lets fix this or lets adjust this act. Lets find out the mission. Whats the mission of this picture? What should it be? Kelly went off at my urging to do research for about six months and talk to kids all over the place. Shed tape them, and shed bring it in, and a lot of it was intimate stuff. Shed call them on the phone, and shed maintain relationships with them after seeing them in groups. I cant tell youI dont even know if Kelly can tell you specifically what came out of itbut she sat down and wrote a second draft, and suddenly there was an important writer with a specific voice. I went nuts over it.
AVC: How important is a research process?
JLB: I believe in it a lot.
AVC: Have you done that in your work as well?
JLB: Always. Im writing a script now, and I had shortchanged the research, and now years into it, many drafts, Im going back and doing some proper research.
AVC: When you first saw the script was there anything that struck you?
JLB: We were never doing a teen movie. We were never doing a genre movie. We tried to beat that back with a stick. We were serving characters in a story the way youd serve characters in a story in any event. But, what happens when you do the research, its not only what you learn, its that youve met these kids, and you have a constituency in your mind, so that youre not full of s**t.
AVC: Theres a parallel to Say Anything
JLB: So did Kelly. Kelly was inspired by Say Anything as well as the John Hughes pictures. Say Anything spoke to her.
AVC: Did you see any parallels there?
JLB: No, the only parallels Ive felt are the times Ive done this with writers who became the directors of their movie, and it was the first time theyd done it, and it was like that. So I was familiar with that.
AVC: How much did the script change from that initial draft?
JLB: I never read the first draft again, so I couldnt tell you. This was a four-year period. She got pregnant. She had a baby. The change was dramatic and extraordinary, and the biggest change Id seen between drafts in my life, and I dont know if Ill ever go and make myself find out exactly what happened. But the whole focus was different. And it becameits just all Nadine, and then the actors came along. The guy who plays Erwin, Hayden [Szeto], influenced the story, and he influenced the tone with his presence. Woody [Harrelson] threaded the needle I didnt know was there until he threaded it. Theres nothing patronizing in the part. Theres nothing conventional. He seems to be delighted and annoyed at the same time, which Ive never seen.
Hailee Steinfeld and Woody Harrelson in The Edge Of Seventeen (Photo: STX Entertainment)
AVC: He also defies a lot of the conventions of supportive teachers.
JLB: Hes not an irascible teacher, either. Its a very specific character that you wonder about.
AVC: In terms of your working relationship with Kelly, was there any point where you just sort of let her go, or were you always collaborating with her?
JLB: I think the answer is yes, I let her go, and yes, I was always collaborating. I was present almost all the time, throughout the editing process, throughout everything.
AVC: Has that always been the case? Youve worked with a lot of director-writers, like Wes Anderson and Cameron Crowe, at the beginning of their careers.
JLB: Yes. I think thats the relationship that is established. I think with Wes, he had really spent his life preparing to direct. It was his thing. It was what he wanted. And with Cameron and Kelly, I think they were writers. With Cameron, six directors turned us down. I said, You know, maybe youre the best director.
AVC: Did you and Kelly always know that she wanted to direct this film?
JLB: We just discussed that. She just told me. Because I had said, Jeez, I dont know how it happened. I dont think there was a moment where you said, Id love to direct, and I dont think there was a moment where I said, Howd you like to direct? She said, there was a moment when I said to her, This requires a specific sensibility, this character, and you should direct.
Kelly Fremon Craig and James L. Brooks on set (Photo: STX Entertainment)
AVC: What were the challenges of getting it made?
JLB: Going around and asking for money until we got it. STXs business model was the $30 to $60 million movie. We were outside their business model, but they liked the script enough, and they just, you know, became enormously supportive.
AVC: Youve had such a long career in TV as well, which has also gone through a sea change. Have you witnessed stories that you would like to tell that you think would be better told in film moving to TV?
JLB: TV gives writers control, rather than directors, because writers control it. TV, the pursuit of excellence is commercial. Its the way a lot of networks make money, by pursuing excellence. Weve had recent greatness in television, all over the place. Now this year, it might be a stellar year in film. Certainly, Im hearing more titles that I have to see. So I hope were a part of it. Its great if were a part of it. Its great if we somehow scramble into being one of those pictures.
AVC: What do you like about the experience of producing a film and fostering talent like Kelly versus doing the writing and directing yourself?
JLB: Its soul food for me. Its good for me. Its good for me to try and help another voice out. Its good for me to work in something with a group thatI wasnt about to do a film about teenagers. Its good for me, and I get something out of it. Especially the way I work intimately with it. Its, Hey, kids, lets do the show right here. Its good for me. Its a good battle against cynicism. Its a good battle against all sorts of things. Its good. Its a multivitamin.
Hailee Steinfeld and Haley Lu Richardson (Photo: STX Entertainment)
AVC: Theres a movement to have more women behind the camera. How do you see your part in that by fostering Kellys voice?
JLB: It was fostering this writers voice. It wasnt a matter of gender to me. It wasnt. Some of my best friends are female directors. Ive always worked for women. Mystified at what that percentage was. Got a little suspicious when we went into three or four meetings, where they loved the script, it was a pro forma meeting, just to approve the financing, and I go in with Kelly, and then we didnt get it. And I started to think, is it possible? Is it possible? I hope not. But I did get a little suspicious, because its happened on the set. Its happened with crew. I remember the first movie where I had to say, Can I help you carry that? I had to stop myself from saying that as women came on crews, as women became grips, as women became gaffers.
AVC: What movie was that on?
JLB: What a good question. Maybe Spanglish. Maybe, Im not sure.
AVC: Nadine is fascinatingly complicated, and shes very real. What was it like working with Kelly to build this character?
JLB: I think that the great thing is that if you do an original character and you try to make it as honest as you can, people say thats me. Hailees performance is one of the best Ive ever been around, ever. Shes a girl whos tough to like and hard to love. Harder to love. And theres no wavering of it. And that really is what is exciting and has you leaning forward, that nobodys asking please like me because Im the heroine of the movie at any point. I think thats the heart of the movie. Her giving that performance is the heart of the movie. You know, where shes just doing the truth, and theres no awareness of a camera or judgment. Thats who she is. Im knocked out by that. Catching Hailee at exactly the right age and having her so insanely talented that she can do this truth and still has comedy chops is nuts.
AVC: Over the course of your career, what have you liked about developing female characters?
JLB: I think it was because of the crummy home that I came from, and you know, an alcoholic father, my mother had two sisters, and I had an older sister who was eight years older than I was. I was raised by women. I overheard female voices when I went to sleep. I was raised around that point of view.
