Tony awards – AngelMihe

My wife’s the reason anything gets done
She nudges me towards promise by degrees
She’s a perfect symphony of one
Our son is her most beautiful reprise.
We chase the melodies that seem to find us until they’re finished songs and start to play
When senseless acts of tragedy remind us nothing here is promised, not one day
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 lasts longer
And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside
I sing Vanessa’s symphony, Eliza tells her story
Now fill the world with music, love, and pride.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, after winning for Best Original Score at the 2016 Tony Awards (via the-elite-fangirl)

I watched the Tony’s with my dad today, and I have a few things to say

1. Congrats to all the award winners!

2. If you didn’t win an award, don’t worry. There was a lot of good competition, I’m not even sure how they were able to choose.

3. The Hamilton performance was AMAZING!! They performed Yorktown (The World Turned Upside-down), and I LOVED it, and my dad said that he really enjoyed it! I was really looking forward to the “Hamilton” company performance, and I enjoyed all of the other performances as well! I hope all these wonderful people keep doing the amazing things they’re doing.

Tony Awards 2016 Nominees: Daveed Diggs

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Daveed Diggs is nominated for his roles as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical Hamilton. He was born and raised in Oakland, California and graduated from Brown University in 2004.

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Daveed was involved in experimental theatre early on, including writing and performing in the US tour of the choreopoem Word Becomes Flesh. Before being invited to work on Hamilton, he appeared in many regional theatre productions and some short films. Most notably, he played Hobbes in the 2014 web series, Hobbes and Me.

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He also is the vocalist and writer of the experimental hip-hop/rap group clipping, who released a mixtape called midcity in 2013, and their album, CLPPNG, in 2014. He released his solo album Small Things to a Giant in 2012, and appeared on the soundtrack for the 2016 film Zootopia.

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Daveed is currently being acknowledged and praised for performing what has been confirmed the fastest rap in Broadway history (by words per second). He performs the rap in a song titled ‘Guns and Ships’ as Marquis de Lafayette.