Aasif Mandvi to Host MCC's 2015 MISCAST Gala; Ben Platt, Leslie Odom, Jr. Join Lineup

MCC THEATER has announce dthat actor and "Daily Show" regular Aasif Mandvi will serve as emcee for this year's Miscast 2015 Gala, to be held Monday, March 30, 2015 at The Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center (311 West 34th Street). In addition, two performers have been added to the lineup: Ben Platt of "Pitch Perfect" and recently of Broadway's The Book of Mormon; and Leslie Odom Jr. of NBC's "Smash" and currently starring in The Public's smash hit Hamilton as Aaron Burr.

Platt and Odom Jr. join the previously-announced all-star lineup of performers including: Uzo Aduba, winner of both the Emmy and SAG Awards for her work on "Orange is the New Black"; Tony Award winners Laura Benanti, Linda Lavin and Jessie Mueller; Tony Award nominees Annaleigh Ashford, Christopher Fitzgerald, Joshua Henry, Jeremy Jordan and Ramin Karimloo; and stage and screen star Ana Gasteyer.

As previously announced, this year's Miscast gala, an annual highlight of the New York theater season, will honor two bold and fearless women: Emmy & Golden Globe nominated stage and screen actress Sarah Paulson and Tony Award-winning producer Fran Weissler.

The Honorary Co-Chairs of this year's gala are James Earl Jones and wife Cecilia, Jessica Lange, Christopher Plummer and wife Elaine, and Harvey Weinstein.

Show-only mezzanine level tickets are now on sale and begin at $79 with $99 Show-only Premium Seats at http://www.mcctheater.org/galamiscast.html.

Gala tickets and tables are on sale at www.mcctheater.org/galamiscast_tickets.html. For gala tickets or tables call Alyssa Simmons at (212) 727-7722, ext. 232 or via email at asimmons@mcctheater.org.

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