--- description: Broadway hit Hamilton will eliminate the use of muskets from its performance at the Tony Awards in the wake of the Orlando shooting title: 'Hamilton' Will Drop Muskets From Tony's Performance for Orlando Shooting image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3fc0f8482a281e3/6988976b524fc0c212df8571/hamilton-lin-manuel-miranda.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The _Hamilton_ Cast Will Drop Muskets From Their Tony's Performance After the Orlando Shooting  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 12, 2016 9:35 PM CUT  Leslie Odom, Jr. (left) and Lin-Manuel Miranda perform on stage during "Hamilton" GRAMMY performance for The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Richard Rodgers Theater in New York, on Feb. 15, 2016. Leslie Odom, Jr. (left) and Lin-Manuel Miranda perform on stage during "Hamilton" GRAMMY performance for The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Richard Rodgers Theater in New York, on Feb. 15, 2016.Theo Wargo—WireImage/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 12, 2016 9:35 PM CUT Broadway hit [_Hamilton_ will eliminate the use of muskets](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/theater/tony-awards.html "undefined") from its [performance at the Tony Awards](http://time.com/4365419/orlando-shooting-tony-awards/ "undefined") on Sunday night, in the wake of the [deadly mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando](http://time.com/4365260/orlando-shooting-pulse-nightclub-what-know/?xid=homepage "undefined"). The musical—which earned a [record 16 Tony nominations](http://time.com/4315150/tony-nominations-hamilton-2016/ "undefined")—will instead use pantomime to represent warfare during an 18th-century battle scene in the song “Yorktown,” the [New York _Times_ reports](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/theater/tony-awards.html "undefined"), citing a spokesman for the show. The cast used muskets during a rehearsal Sunday morning, but later in the afternoon, the spokesman said the show would perform the song without them. The entire award show [will be dedicated to victims](http://time.com/4365419/orlando-shooting-tony-awards/ "undefined") of the Orlando shooting. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4365577/orlando-shooting-hamilton-tony-awards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4365577/orlando-shooting-hamilton-tony-awards/"},"headline":"The Hamilton Cast Will Drop Muskets From Their Tony's Performance After the Orlando Shooting","datePublished":"2016-06-12T21:35:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:32:46.515Z","description":"The entire awards show will be dedicated to victims of the nightclub shooting","url":"https://time.com/4365577/orlando-shooting-hamilton-tony-awards/","keywords":["Crime","Florida","Theater"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3fc0f8482a281e3/6988976b524fc0c212df8571/hamilton-lin-manuel-miranda.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3fc0f8482a281e3/6988976b524fc0c212df8571/hamilton-lin-manuel-miranda.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 58th GRAMMY Awards - \"Hamilton\" GRAMMY Performance","caption":"NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: Actor Leslie Odom, Jr. (L) and actor, composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (R) perform on stage during \"Hamilton\" GRAMMY performance for The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Richard Rodgers Theater on February 15, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by","creditText":"Theo Wargo—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4365577/orlando-shooting-hamilton-tony-awards/","name":"The Hamilton Cast Will Drop Muskets From Their Tony's Performance After the Orlando Shooting"}}]}] ```