Hamilton star Anthony Ramos calls out Madonna for using iPad during Broadway performance
Anthony Ramos is the latest cast member of Hamilton to claim Madonna used her iPad or iPhone during the stage show.
Anthony Ramos says Madonna lit up the whole theatre with her iPad during a performance of Hamilton on Broadway.
The 33-year-old actor originated the dual roles of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in the Broadway show and is among a group of Hamilton actors to speak out on Madonna's alleged behavior in the audience.
Appearing on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live on Thursday (19.06.25), Ramos said: “The most terrifying was Madonna with her iPad in her face. She was like this [shining a light] the whole time.
“I was like, ‘Damn, shorty. If you’re not enjoying it that much, you know the door is right there. You don’t have to stay here.’”
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the musical who played Alexander Hamilton, also appeared to call out The Queen of Pop in a since-deleted post on Twitter in April 2015.
He penned at the time: “Tonight was the first time I asked stage management NOT to allow a celebrity (who was texting all through Act 2) backstage. #noselfieforyou."
However, the Like a Virgin hitmaker's publicist rubbished the claim, telling Us Weekly: "It's not true. She was invited backstage four different times. She texted post show when they were doing their fundraising pitch. Madonna had already made a generous donation.”
Jonathan Groff, who starred as King George, also fumed “that b**** was on her phone.”
He said at the time: “You couldn’t miss it from the stage.
“It was a black void of the audience in front of us and her face there perfectly lit by the light of her iPhone through three-quarters of the show.”
