We Were That Kid

Every year on Tony Award night, we’re figuring out a way to tune in. And I’m always thinking about this amazing opening number from 2013:

(But go find Ariana DeBose’s 2022 opening number!)

I love every second of that video, but my favorite moment is this lyric:

There’s a kid in the middle of nowhere who’s sitting there,
living for Tony performances singin’ and flippin’ along
with the Pippins and Wickeds and Kinkys,
Matildas and Mormonses
So we might reassure that kid and do something to spur that kid
‘Cause I promise you all of us up here tonight
We were that kid.

(lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda!)

I am that kid every year.