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Ali Louis Bourzgui gave an impassioned speech about immigrants at the 2026 Tony Awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
The Lost Boys<\/em> star celebrated theater and the communities that make it what it is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n He won a Tony award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as David in the musical adaptation of the 1987 movie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Ali Louis Bourzgui<\/a> is now a Tony Award<\/a> winning actor.<\/p>\n Bourzgui took home the Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of vampire David in The Lost Boys<\/em><\/a>. The musical is an adaptation of the 1987 comedy horror cult classic film, and costars Shoshana Bean<\/a> (also a Tony winner) and LJ Benet.<\/p>\n Rather than thank his cast and crew in his acceptance speech, however, Bourzgui chose to share a rousing ode to immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, and artists everywhere.<\/p>\n “Sometimes humanity needs a fantastical lens outside of ourselves to look at and explore questions about our own nature,” he began. “Vampires represent those who have shunned their own humanity in order to achieve a nonexistent sense of superiority. The billionaires will never find happiness from their money. The colonizers will never find fulfillment from the land and lives they steal. The fascists will never find meaning from their conformity, not in this lifetime or eternity.”<\/p>\n Bourzgui went on to say theater is more than an escape, but “one of the last places where people can come and worship the power of true collective human presence.”<\/p>\n He continued, “We take a moment to recondition our addiction to desensitization. We ask how can see ourselves in a stranger’s story and then carry that sentiment out into the world that needs us to ask that more than ever.”<\/p>\n