Tony Awards to be dedicated to victims of Orlando shooting

“Hate will never win”.

But the beloved “Hamilton” did.

School of Rock – The Musical star Alex Brightman performed alongside the hit Broadway production’s cast at the Tony Awards on Sunday evening.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor and creator of the of the play “Hamilton”, addresses the audience after the plays opening night on Broadway in New York August 6, 2015.

“When senseless acts of tragedy remind us that nothing here is promised”. Still, few shows get introduced by a sitting president, as Barack and Michelle Obama did for the performance by the show’s cast. “Hamilton” begins performances in Chicago in September.

Renee Elise Goldsberry won best featured actress in a musical for her role as Angelica Schuyler in “Hamilton”.

Hamilton is expected to dominate Sunday night’s show, where it is nominated for 16 awards. He thanked the theater community for keeping him going. Corden is a Tony victor himself (in 2012 for One Man, Two Guvnors), and he’s definitely a part of the theater community, which always makes for better hosting.

The longtime film star Jessica Lange won the Tony for best actress in a play for her work in the revival of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”.

Kristin Chenoweth, who starred in Wicked and won a Tony for You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, wrote: “When will the violence end?”

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, showed up on the Tony Awards red carpet to express solidarity with the Orlando shooting victims and celebrate Broadway at the same time.

Being a comedian, James Corden is set to firing up the stage for the Tony Awards this year. Miranda himself won two awards on Sunday night, best score and best book of a musical.

The Tonys, Broadway’s biggest night of the year, are scheduled to begin at the Beacon Theatre in NY at 8 p.m. ET. This is also why his latest Carpool Karaoke segment was chock full of Broadway talent.