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Round-up: The Tony Awards in tweets
The 70th annual Tony Awards took place in New York last night and the great and the good took to Twitter to celebrate
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London
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13 June 2016
The 70th annual Tony Awards took place with big wins for Lin-Manuel Miranda and his hit musical Hamilton as well as our very own Cynthia Erivo, who won Best Leading Actress in a Musical. Here's some of the Twitter reactions from throughout the night.
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote a sonnet
LOVE IS LOVE. @Lin_Manuel #TonyAwardshttps://t.co/8MF93bDt2N
— Racked (@Racked) June 13, 2016
And Oprah liked it
Perfect @Lin_Manuel LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!
— Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) June 13, 2016
The gang got together
We love all of you and this community. Thank you for joining us for this year's #TonyAwards. pic.twitter.com/79H5ucpGAb
— The Tony Awards (@TheTonyAwards) June 13, 2016
James Corden rocked the opening number
What a night! Thanks for your lovely messages! I loved being part of it x pic.twitter.com/AXM9j76m6V
— James Corden (@JKCorden) June 13, 2016
Cynthia Erivo won big
Oh my GOD!!!! pic.twitter.com/eB57lBM4Xz
— Cynthia Erivo (@CynthiaEriVo) June 13, 2016
Ivo van Hove's company Toneelgroep Amsterdam got happy
Woohoo! Ivo van Hove wint twee Tony-Awards voor A View From the Bridge https://t.co/k0sgpgPc3i #supersupersupertrots pic.twitter.com/BA4eBJHYjw
— Toneelgroep A'dam (@tgamsterdam) June 13, 2016
The Best Featured Actress in a Musical nominees hung out
My fellow nominees! 2 know them is 2 love them! @thedanieb #JaneKrakowski @adriennelwarren @SimardJennifer pic.twitter.com/EaxrPIwBLn
— RenéeEliseGoldsberry (@reneeelisegolds) June 11, 2016
People remembered those lost
Tonight, every note I sing will be in remembrance of the lives taken in Orlando.
— Laura Benanti (@LauraBenanti) June 12, 2016
Read the full list of Tony Award winners here
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