Today in Orlando we had a hideous dose of reality, and I urge you Orlando to remain strong.
The actor closed his remarks by saying, We will be with you every step of the way.
I had to say something about it, he said.
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The actor, 78, said the massacre left him feeling disgust, anger.
I react to things much more profoundly than I did when I was 60, 50, he said.
This violence, sense of madness that seems to be pervading this country is terrifying me.
Theater people are really the most generous in the world.
This show is proof that history remembers,he read, ofHamilton.
At the start of the Tonys broadcast, host James Corden also read a statement about the attack.
The 2016 Tonys were dedicated to the victims of the attack.
Ribbons were handed out before the broadcast to honor those killed.
