Producers behind the Tony Awards are dedicating Sunday's show to victims of the mass shooting in Orlando. Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of Hamilton, posted this image Sunday after news of the shooting and ahead of the Tonys. According to a spokesman for the acclaimed musical Hamilton, the cast will no longer use prop muskets in Sunday's performance. Hamilton, about American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, has already won a Grammy and Pulitzer Prize for drama. #PrayingForOrlando — @KChenowethThe Tony awards air Sunday at 8 p.m. on CBS and will be hosted by The Late Late Show host James Corden.
Source: CBC News June 12, 2016 21:12 UTC