Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School drama students perform onstage at the Tony Awards on Sunday. (Photo: Getty)
From DeNiro's "F%$k Trump" to Parkland's "Seasons of Love": An Inspiring Night at the Tony Awards
"How about love?"
Award-winning actor Robert DeNiro received a standing ovation at the Tony Awards on Sunday night for his dramatic delivery of the phrase "Fuck Trump," but it was students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School--where a gunman earlier this year killed seventeen people--who brought down the house as they offered a tear-generating rendition of the song "Seasons of Love" from the Broadway hit musical Rent.
Watch:
On Twitter:
\u201cNearly five months after tragedy struck their school, drama students from Parkland, Florida, took to the Tony\u2019s stage with an emotional rendition of \u201cSeasons of Love.\u201d https://t.co/sAwQVVlwZL\u201d— CBS News (@CBS News) 1528685718
\u201cParkland drama students sing #Rent classic \u2018Seasons of Love\u2019 at #TonyAwards https://t.co/rprkhAAO7F\u201d— Variety (@Variety) 1528682170
\u201cTony Awards 2018: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students perform Rent's "Seasons of Love," get standing ovation https://t.co/qfEBjbtSEl\u201d— CBS News (@CBS News) 1528682974
It was a decidedly anti-Trump night at the star-studded ceremony, with DeNiro mincing few words and generating headlines. "It's no longer, 'Down with Trump,'" the actor said. "It's 'Fuck Trump.'"
Robert DeNiro hates Trump and loves Black women. He has life figured out.pic.twitter.com/aKkq5dChf8
-- (@OMGkee) June 11, 2018
\u201crobert deniro yells \u201cfuck trump!\u201d on stage at this year\u2019s Tony Awards, effectively destroying president trumps much-ballyhooed musical theatre fan base. this spells trouble for the 2018 midterms, folks\u201d— america's lounge singer (@america's lounge singer) 1528692703
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Award-winning actor Robert DeNiro received a standing ovation at the Tony Awards on Sunday night for his dramatic delivery of the phrase "Fuck Trump," but it was students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School--where a gunman earlier this year killed seventeen people--who brought down the house as they offered a tear-generating rendition of the song "Seasons of Love" from the Broadway hit musical Rent.
Watch:
On Twitter:
\u201cNearly five months after tragedy struck their school, drama students from Parkland, Florida, took to the Tony\u2019s stage with an emotional rendition of \u201cSeasons of Love.\u201d https://t.co/sAwQVVlwZL\u201d— CBS News (@CBS News) 1528685718
\u201cParkland drama students sing #Rent classic \u2018Seasons of Love\u2019 at #TonyAwards https://t.co/rprkhAAO7F\u201d— Variety (@Variety) 1528682170
\u201cTony Awards 2018: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students perform Rent's "Seasons of Love," get standing ovation https://t.co/qfEBjbtSEl\u201d— CBS News (@CBS News) 1528682974
It was a decidedly anti-Trump night at the star-studded ceremony, with DeNiro mincing few words and generating headlines. "It's no longer, 'Down with Trump,'" the actor said. "It's 'Fuck Trump.'"
Robert DeNiro hates Trump and loves Black women. He has life figured out.pic.twitter.com/aKkq5dChf8
-- (@OMGkee) June 11, 2018
\u201crobert deniro yells \u201cfuck trump!\u201d on stage at this year\u2019s Tony Awards, effectively destroying president trumps much-ballyhooed musical theatre fan base. this spells trouble for the 2018 midterms, folks\u201d— america's lounge singer (@america's lounge singer) 1528692703
Award-winning actor Robert DeNiro received a standing ovation at the Tony Awards on Sunday night for his dramatic delivery of the phrase "Fuck Trump," but it was students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School--where a gunman earlier this year killed seventeen people--who brought down the house as they offered a tear-generating rendition of the song "Seasons of Love" from the Broadway hit musical Rent.
Watch:
On Twitter:
\u201cNearly five months after tragedy struck their school, drama students from Parkland, Florida, took to the Tony\u2019s stage with an emotional rendition of \u201cSeasons of Love.\u201d https://t.co/sAwQVVlwZL\u201d— CBS News (@CBS News) 1528685718
\u201cParkland drama students sing #Rent classic \u2018Seasons of Love\u2019 at #TonyAwards https://t.co/rprkhAAO7F\u201d— Variety (@Variety) 1528682170
\u201cTony Awards 2018: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students perform Rent's "Seasons of Love," get standing ovation https://t.co/qfEBjbtSEl\u201d— CBS News (@CBS News) 1528682974
It was a decidedly anti-Trump night at the star-studded ceremony, with DeNiro mincing few words and generating headlines. "It's no longer, 'Down with Trump,'" the actor said. "It's 'Fuck Trump.'"
Robert DeNiro hates Trump and loves Black women. He has life figured out.pic.twitter.com/aKkq5dChf8
-- (@OMGkee) June 11, 2018
\u201crobert deniro yells \u201cfuck trump!\u201d on stage at this year\u2019s Tony Awards, effectively destroying president trumps much-ballyhooed musical theatre fan base. this spells trouble for the 2018 midterms, folks\u201d— america's lounge singer (@america's lounge singer) 1528692703