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Lin-Manuel Miranda Pays Tribute to the Victims of the Orlando Shooting in Powerful Speech

While accepting the Tony Award for Best Score of a Musical, one of many awards won by Hamilton tonight, Lin-Manuel Miranda upended expectations. Miranda has tended to rap his acceptance speeches at previous awards shows (including this year's Grammys), so many expected he would do the same tonight. But the composer had other ideas...

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