James Corden's opening number at the 2016 Tony Awards

After opening the Tony Awards with a monologue which paid tribute to the victims of the Orlando shooting, host James Corden went on to perform a medley of numbers riffing on Broadway shows from Lion King to Sweeney Todd to Les Mis. In a tweet sent this morning, Corden thanked fellow Brit Gary Barlow and American writer David Javerbaum for their help in writing the opening skit.

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