Priorities.
From Daily Mail: John Kerry chose fictional politics over real ones when he skipped out early on one of the ‘most important political events of the year’ so he could catch the last original cast performance of Broadway-smash Hamilton.
The NATO Summit, which took place Friday and Saturday in Warsaw, Poland, was attended by President Obama, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, UK’s David Cameron, Germany’s Angela Merkel, Italy’s Matteo Renzi, France’s Francois Hollande, and Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko – and Secretary of State John Kerry, until he decided to ditch the summit for the likely much more fun Broadway show on Saturday night, reports the New York Post.
The summit is called ‘one of the most important political events of the year’ by the US Embassy.
At least one person wasn’t happy with Kerry’s choice. ‘Priorities … John Kerry left the NATO summit early so he could hang out w/Jane Fonda, JLO, & Charlie Rose,’ snarked Mike Doran, a former senior director in the National Security Council and Middle East politics expert, on Twitter, naming other notables in the audience that night.
Show associate choreographer Stephanie Klemons was so excited she tweeted out when Kerry made a trip to the loo: ‘Literally, Jennifer Lopez just used the bathroom after me backstage, John Kerry was after her. Things that only happen at Hamilton,’ she wrote.
Kerry would have been one of the select few to see Hamilton creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda with his signature long locks, which he chopped following his final performance in the Broadway rap musical.
‘Teach ’em how to say goodbye…’ the 36-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner – who boasts 1M followers – captioned the snap on Instagram. The native New Yorker had just scored a lingering standing ovation during his last curtain call onstage the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
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