Award-winning actor Robert DeNiro received a standing ovation at the Tony Awards on Sunday night for his dramatic delivery of the phrase "Fuck Trump," but it was students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School—where a gunman earlier this year killed seventeen people—who brought down the house as they offered a tear-generating rendition of the song "Seasons of Love" from the Broadway hit musical Rent.
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Nearly five months after tragedy struck their school, drama students from Parkland, Florida, took to the Tony’s stage with an emotional rendition of “Seasons of Love.” https://t.co/sAwQVVlwZL pic.twitter.com/wJEEWaIACn
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 11, 2018
Parkland drama students sing #Rent classic ‘Seasons of Love’ at #TonyAwards https://t.co/rprkhAAO7F pic.twitter.com/aqzaDRIh1e
— Variety (@Variety) June 11, 2018
Tony Awards 2018: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students perform Rent's "Seasons of Love," get standing ovation https://t.co/qfEBjbtSEl pic.twitter.com/gIeQfLag7V
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 11, 2018
It was a decidedly anti-Trump night at the star-studded ceremony, with DeNiro mincing few words and generating headlines. "It's no longer, 'Down with Trump,'" the actor said. "It's 'Fuck Trump.'"
Robert DeNiro hates Trump and loves Black women. He has life figured out.pic.twitter.com/aKkq5dChf8
— (@OMGkee) June 11, 2018
robert deniro yells “fuck trump!” on stage at this year’s Tony Awards, effectively destroying president trumps much-ballyhooed musical theatre fan base. this spells trouble for the 2018 midterms, folks
— KT NELSON (@KrangTNelson) June 11, 2018
