The annual Tony Awards took place last night in New York City.
Andrew Garfield brought home the award for best lead actor in a play for his work in Angels in America, Bruce Springsteen won a special Tony Award for his sold-out show Springsteen on Broadway.
Drama students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas School in Florida gave an emotional performance, singing ‘Seasons of Love’ from Rent the musical after their teacher was awarded an 'Excellence in Theatre Education' award.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School drama students gave a stirring performance of "Seasons of Love" from musical "Rent" at this year's Tony Awards.
Their drama teacher, Melody Herzfeld, was honored with a Tony Award for excellence in theatre education. https://t.co/yA1vVIIGjt pic.twitter.com/3UCQCNUsIK
— CNN (@CNN) June 11, 2018
The most dramatic thing that happened during the night was when Robert DeNiro came on stage to present an award.
When presenting the award, DeNiro walked up to the microphone and says “I’m going to say one thing; F**k Trump!”
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This statement was welcomed by a massive cheer from the crowd, with a few worried faces in the background. The room was filled with clapping and cheering, and before it could die down, DeNiro says: “It’s no longer down with Trump, it’s F**uck Trump.”
His political stance caused him to be censored from the American broadcasting of the award presentation, but Australian TV’s kept it going and we were able to see the crowds full reaction to the controversial statement.
Here's video of DeNiro swearing at Trump on #TonyAwards
Australian feed didnt censor it. pic.twitter.com/KZNrT8UIyH— Rhett Bartlett (@dialmformovies) June 11, 2018
