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Stars at Tony Awards react to deadly Orlando nightclub shooting

(13 Jun 2016) CELEBRITIES AT TONY AWARDS REACT TO SHOOTING IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA The 2016 Tony Awards were expected to be all about "Hamilton"-- the Broadway hit musical nominated 16 times. But Sunday's shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida that left 50 dead and at least 53 injured, cast a shadow on the ceremony Sunday night as nominees and presenters expressed shock and sadness over the massacre and sent prayers for the victims and their families. On the red carpet at the Beacon Theatre in New York City Sunday night, many in the Broadway community showed their support for the shooting victims by wearing silver ribbons. Some-- including "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda-- also wore rainbow symbols supporting the LGBT community. Miranda said while the shooting victims were on his mind, the Tony's and the arts need to be celebrated during dark times. "Today's a day of tragedy so, at the same time I'm in a room of people who made new art and new music this year and I'm happy to be celebrating that and I feel like we need it more than ever. It's heavy in my mind and in my heart and if I go up there tonight it'll probably be in my mouth, " Miranda said. Legendary Broadway composer Andrew Lloyd Webber was at the awards show representing his new show, "School of Rock-- the Musical." Webber said he wanted to get involved because of the nominated show's message on the uniting power of music. "It's a fantastic story about the empowering force of music and how music can change everybody's lives especially children. I think even tonight with the tragic events that we just heard about, one of the reasons I really wanted to do it is that music cuts through everything. No child was ever born to hate and really school of rock is what music can do for people and for children and a force for the good," Webber said. Many stars on the carpet were still processing the events of the day. A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside the Pulse Orlando nightclub before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police say. The attack left at least 50 people dead, making it the worst mass shooting in American history. "This is a celebratory event, a celebratory night but this is a very deeply somber night, and I think it's a somber night on a lot of levels and in a lot of communities. And this is another example of another hate crime and another unnecessary crime... and another unnecessary crime with gun violence. It's truly devastating," said actress Judith Light. Gloria Estefan and her husband, Emilio Estefan were at the ceremony to support their show based on Estefan's life, "Get on Your Feet." But the shooting tempered the day. "It's painful, it's horrific. When I woke up I thought, 'Oh lord, what else? You know every day we're facing something crazy and the world that we're handing over to our kids... all we can do is try to raise a new generation with a lot of love and have them learn more love than hate. We need to get away from violence in general and maybe that will make a difference." The Tony telecast was altered in the wake of the deadly shooting as producers dedicated the show to the friends and families of the victims. There was also a last minute change to a "Hamilton" performance when the cast of the show dropped their Revolutionary War muskets as props. The musical about Founding Father Alexander Hamilton instead pantomimed the use of the rifles, according to a show spokesman. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...