Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 21 minutes ago
Ali Louis Bourzgui may have had one of the most passionate, and political, Tony Awards acceptance speeches at the 2026 ceremony—but the young actor said that he truly didn't think he would win for his performance in The Lost Boys. "I genuinely had no thought in my mind this is happening tonight ... I wrote a speech as a back-up," he said. "I really expected someone else to win.
Watch Bourzgui's interview with Playbill's Jeffrey Vizcaíno in the video above, where he talks about how the real "reward is community," why billionaires are like vampires, and watch him spin his new Tonys statue.
Ali Louis Bourzgui may have had one of the most passionate, and political, Tony Awards acceptance speeches at the 2026 ceremony—but the young actor said that he truly didn't think he would win for his performance in The Lost Boys. "I genuinely had no thought in my mind this is happening tonight ... I wrote a speech as a back-up," he said. "I really expected someone else to win.
Watch Bourzgui's interview with Playbill's Jeffrey Vizcaíno in the video above, where he talks about how the real "reward is community," why billionaires are like vampires, and watch him spin his new Tonys statue.
