Author: Sabienna Bowman / Source: Bustle
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Around the country, teenagers and their allies are taking a stand against gun violence this Saturday, March 24, and the video of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt’s March for Our Lives performance illustrates just how much passion is driving this movement.
According to the official website, the March for Our Lives was organized by students in the wake of the tragic Parkland shooting that took the lives of 17 people in Florida. While marches are taking place around the country, one of the largest is in Washington D.C., where Miranda and Platt performed “Found/Tonight,” a Broadway mashup written specifically to benefit the march.“Found/Tonight” is part of the Hamildrops series, which Miranda launched to release new Hamilton music every month for a year. This particular song combines “The Story of Tonight” from Hamilton with Dear Evan Hansen‘s “You Will Be Found.” By creating a mashup of these two songs, Miranda and Platt produced a stirring anthem of hope and change that seeks to inspire the young people who are working so hard to make their schools safe.
The song officially dropped earlier in the week, but seeing Miranda and Platt perform it live in front of the crowd at the march is a goosebump-inducing experience. When the Hamilton writer reached the line, “and when our children tell their story,” he pointed out at a visibly moved audience. His gesture appeared to be a nod at how the young…
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