As the title character of The Who’s Tommy in its 2024 Broadway revival, Ali Louis Bourzgui sang the show’s most famous refrain: “See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.” That production ran for a too-short four months, but Bourzgui’s haunting voice and magnetic presence left a lasting impression. And two years later, those words he sang as Tommy encapsulate oddly well the ethos — both spoken and not — of his latest role.
As David — the vampire rock star of The Lost Boys, the new musical based on the ‘80s cult-favorite movie of the same name — Bourzgui has to believably telegraph both seductive danger and deep hurt, while often flying high above the stage (and rocking one of the more memorable wigs ever seen on Broadway). The role was made famous in the film by a young Kiefer Sutherland, but Bourzgui imbues it fully with his own charisma — a performance that earned him a Tony nomination for best featured actor in a musical.
“You get auditions sent to you, and most of them, you’re kind of like, ‘This is cool, I can’t really get a grasp of the vibe of this show, but I’ll audition.’ And every once in a while, something comes through where you just feel it tangibly, even through an email,” Bourzgui recalls of first hearing about The Lost Boys. “I saw this initial packet, and I got so excited — like more excited than I’ve been for an audition maybe ever.”
