“We rise and fall and light from dying embers, remembrances that hope and love last longer.” While accepting the Tony for best score for Hamilton on Sunday night, playwright and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda opted to read a sonnet for his wife, addressing the tragic shooting in Orlando and showing the power of poetry and words in times of tragedy.
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