Lin-Manuel Miranda weighs in on ‘illegal, unauthorized’ production of ‘Hamilton’

“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda on Thursday called a Texas church’s production of the hit Broadway musical “illegal” and “unauthorized.”

“Grateful to all of you who reached out about this illegal, unauthorized production. Now lawyers do their work,” Miranda wrote on Twitter.

The Dramatists Guild, taking up Miranda’s case, condemned the Aug. 5 and Aug. 6 performances at Door Christian Fellowship Ministries, a nondenominational Christian church in McAllen, Texas, which allegedly changed the lyrics and added text to the show, performing without a license.

A pastor at the church initially said the Hamilton team had approved “our version” of the musical, which reportedly included Christian themes and a sermon at the end of the show listing homosexuality as a “struggle” alongside alcohol and drugs.

Door McAllen claimed in a video that they had obtained a license to perform and that the production was only chided by the “Hamilton” team when the church posted footage online.