Ali Louis Bourzgui earns Tony nomination for The Lost Boys
ali louis bourzgui earned a Tony nomination for best featured actor in a musical for his portrayal of David in The Lost Boys. The nomination puts him inside a Broadway race where the show tied for the most nominations this year with 12.
The Lost Boys and 12 nods
The Lost Boys is one of the year’s more commercially visible musical titles because it arrived with 12 Tony nominations, tying the top total among this year’s Broadway contenders. Bourzgui’s nomination is the most direct acting recognition in that haul, and it centers on a role with a built-in reference point: David, the character played by Kiefer Sutherland in the 1987 film.
That gives the nomination a sharper read than a generic ensemble recognition. Bourzgui is not being cited for a loose connection to the movie; he is being singled out for the specific villain role that carries the adaptation’s identity from screen to stage.
Massachusetts roots on Broadway
Before playing vampires onstage, Bourzgui lived in Massachusetts, including in Cambridge, Revere, East Boston, and Pittsfield. That New England path fits the broader framing around Tony nominees with regional ties, but the award itself is doing the real work here: it places him in the 79th annual Tony Awards conversation on the strength of a featured performance, not just a name from a film adaptation.
Last month, Bourzgui described the stage version of the material in a way that matches the production’s self-positioning. “It’s its own thing,” he said about The Lost Boys. That line matters because the nomination suggests voters treated the musical as more than a nostalgia exercise and responded to the performance on Broadway terms.
What the nomination means now
The practical result is simple: Bourzgui now has a Tony nomination attached to a show that tied for the highest nomination total this year. For audiences, that shifts The Lost Boys from a film adaptation with a familiar title into a Broadway production that has already converted attention into awards traction.
The next question is whether that traction extends to the 79th annual Tony Awards themselves. For now, the nomination gives Bourzgui and the production a clear advantage in visibility, and it does so with one of the few Broadway figures that still travels cleanly: 12 nominations, 1 featured-actor slot, and a role anchored to a 1987 movie that still carries brand recognition.
