Messages of unity, humanism at Tony Awards
The most powerful presence onstage Sunday at the 72nd Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City was absence. A performance of "Seasons of Love" by the drama department from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School left the star-studded audience drenched in tears and the viewing public silently wondering about the lost potential of the 14 students shot dead on Valentine's Day at the school in Parkland, Fla.
Despite the aching national wound the performance opened, its underlying message
