Tony Awards 2026: An upset win delivers the night's most political speech (with vampires as a metaphor)
Ali Louis Bourzgui scored an upset win for performance by an actor in a featured role and went on to make a passionate speech in support of Palestine and immigrants — using vampires as a metaphor.
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