Broadway star shades Madonna for rude act while seeing Hamilton: ‘The door’s right there’

A Broadway star has called out Madonna for her poor theatre etiquette while watching the hit musical Hamilton.

Anthony Ramos is calling out Madonna for poor theatre etiquette.

On Friday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live, Ramos played a game of “Clubhouse of Horrors,” during which host Andy Cohen asked him to name the “most terrifying celebrity to spot in the audience” when he was performing in Hamilton on Broadway.

“The most terrifying was Madonna with her iPad in her face. She was like this the whole time,” he said, pretending to look down at an iPad.

Anthony Ramos slammed Madonna on Watch What Happens Live for watching her iPad while watching Hamilton.

The Hamilton star says he would have happily shown Madonna the door.

“I was like, ‘Damn, shawty. If you’re not enjoying it that much, you know the door’s right there. You ain’t gotta stay here!’”

Ramos was famously part of the original cast of Hamilton, which made its Broadway debut in 2015. The actor, whose work on the musical earned him the 2016 Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album, originated the roles of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton.

Ramos said Madonna was the “most terrifying” guest he has spotted in the crowd. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s musical, the entire cast reunited at the 2025 Tony Awards to perform a medley of iconic songs from the play.

However, fans were upset that Ramos did not have a solo in the performance.

“That was really nice that people got pissed,” he said on Watch What Happens Lives.

Ramos has been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Hamilton at the 2021 Emmy Awards. Picture: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

Ramos (right) on stage with Hamilton co-stars (from left to right) Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson and Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Ramos. Picture: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images

But according to the actor, his solo moments were cut because he didn’t confirm his attendance until the day before the awards show.

“They weren’t even planning on me being there,” he explained. “They cut that part, they choreographed the whole number and then I texted Lin Saturday morning like, ‘Yo, is it too late to join y’all?’ He was like, ‘Are you serious?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m serious.’ He was like, ‘You got a black suit?’ I was like, ‘Nah, I could get one.’”

“So, they fit me in where I could fit in,” Ramos continued.

“There was a moment for me but they had to take it out because they didn’t plan on me being there.”

This article originally appeared in Decider and was reproduced with permission

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