The hit musical "Hamilton" took home top honors at the 70th annual Tony Awards Sunday night, as members of the theater community responded throughout the evening to the horror of the morning's terror attack in Orlando, Florida.
The awards show, at Manhattan's Beacon Theater, took place 21 hours after a gunman claiming allegiance to ISIS shot and killed at least 50 people at a gay nightclub in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.
After winning the Tony for Best Original Score, "Hamilton" creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda paid tribute to the victims of the massacre with a tear-filled sonnet.
"This show is proof that history remembers. We live through times when hate and fear seem stronger. We rise and fall, and light from dying embers, remembrances that hope and love last longer," Miranda said.
"And love is love, is love, is love, is love, is love, is love, is love cannot be killed or swept aside," Miranda continued, in tears as the crowd cheered.
Earlier in the show, host James Corden dedicated the show to the victims of the shooting.
"On behalf of the theater community and everyone in this room, our hearts go out to all of those affected by this atrocity. All we can say is, You are not on your own right now," Corden said. "Your tragedy is our tragedy. Theater is a place where every race, creed, sexuality, and gender is equal, is embraced, and is loved. Hate will never win."
In all, "Hamilton" took home 11 Tonys, including Best Musical, Best Leading Actor for Leslie Odom Jr., Best Featured Actress for Renée Elise Goldsberry and Best Featured Actor for Daveed Diggs. The musical fell one short of "The Producers'" record 12 wins in 2001.
"The Color Purple" won Best Revival of a Musical and Best Leading Actress for star Cynthia Erivo, and "The Humans" won for Best Play and Best Scenic Design, with Reed Birney winning for Best Featured Actor in a Play and Jayne Houdyshell winning for Beatured Actress.
2016 TONY AWARD WINNERS
Best Play
The Humans
Best Musical
Hamilton
Best Revival of a Play
Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge
Best Revival of a Musical
The Color Purple
Best Book of a Musical
Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Hamilton, Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Frank Langella, The Father
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Jessica Lange, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Leslie Odom Jr., Hamilton
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Reed Birney, The Humans
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Jayne Houdyshell, The Humans
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Daveed Diggs, Hamilton
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton
Best Scenic Design of a Play
David Zinn, The Humans
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
David Rockwell, She Loves Me
Best Costume Design of a Play
Clint Ramos, Eclipsed
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Paul Tazewell, Hamilton
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Natasha Katz, Long Day's Journey Into Night (WINNER)
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Howell Binkley, Hamilton
Best Direction of a Play
Ivo Van Hove, Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge (WINNER)
Best Direction of a Musical
Thomas Kail, Hamilton
Best Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler, Hamilton
Best Orchestrations
Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Sheldon Harnick
Marshall W. Mason
Special Tony Award
National Endowment for the Arts
Miles Wilkin
Regional Theatre Tony Award
Paper Mill Playhouse; Millburn, NJ
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
Seth Gelblum
Joan Lader
Sally Ann Parsons