holy crap this is easily the best Tony Award speech of the entire night. hell yes to all of this
"This is dedicated to the beautiful tapestry of immigrant families who make this country really special. May you one day not have to audition for the empathy that should be freely given by this country that benefits from your beauty. To the queer and trans communities that always will exist, no matter what people in power try to take away from them. To the people of Palestine who deserve to live a free life – a full life – without occupation. ... If there's one thing we can learn from vampires, it's that life is short, but that's its gift. Find beauty in the ephemeral and gratitude in what is not promised."
—Ali Louis Bourzgui, winning Featured Actor in a Musical for The Lost Boys
not working in theatre sucks i cant believe im going to have to be in an office full of people tomorrow who have never heard “gitchie gitchie carrie coon”
Remember last June that they murdered Indigenous actor & activist Jonathan Joss because he was gay & defending LGBTQIA2S+ rights. In his own driveway.