Anna Deavere Smith Hosts NYU Tisch's 2015 Gala, Honoring Michael C. Hall and More, Tonight

The NYU Tisch School of the Arts annual gala honoring Michael C. Hall, Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman, with a special tribute to Mel Silverman, will be held tonight, May 4, at the Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall.

The evening will be hosted by Anna Deavere Smith and feature special presenters Tyne Daly, and Winnie Holzman. The gala performance, directed by Bill Castellino, will celebrate the incredible accomplishments of Tisch students, both past and present. Proceeds from the gala will support the education of talented young artists from around the world.

Featuring:
Michael C. Hall, actor, Dexter, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Steven Lutvak, Tony Award-winning composer and co-lyricist, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Robert L. Freedman, Tony Award-winning bookwriter and co-lyricist, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Allyson Green, Dean, NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Anna Deavere Smith, actress, playwright, New York University professor
Peter Krause, actor, Six Feet Under, Parenthood
Tyne Daly, actress, It Shoulda Been You
Winnie Holzman, writer, Wicked, ABC's My So-Called Life
Mel Silverman, Founder, Silverman Scholars Award

The event will take place tonight, May 4, 2015 at 7 PM at the Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall
Time Warner Center, 3 Columbus Circle (enter at Broadway and 60th Street), New York, NY 10019.

The annual Tisch School of the Arts Gala showcases the depth and breadth of the arts school's program offerings, which include acting, dance, cinema studies, design for stage and film, dramatic writing, film and television, game design, interactive telecommunications, moving image archiving and preservation, musical theatre writing, performance studies, photography, public policy and recorded music.

In addition to Hall, Lutvak and Freedman, thousands of Tisch alumni have gone on to enjoy fulfilling careers in the arts. Tisch graduates include renowned artists such as Pulitzer Prize winners Tony Kushner, Doug Wright and Chang Lee; Academy Award winners Marcia Gay Harden, Keiko Ibi and Ang Lee; Tony Award winners Nina Arianda, Steve Kazee, George C. Wolfe, Idina Menzel, Stephen Spinella, Jeff Whitty and Frank Wood; Emmy Award winners Alec Baldwin, Billy Crystal, Kristen Johnston, John Leguizamo, Camryn Manheim and Debra Messing; and acclaimed filmmakers Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee and Amy Heckerling.

For tickets, visit www.tischgala.com.

For almost 50 years, the NYU Tisch School of the Arts has drawn on the vast artistic and cultural resources of New York City and New York University to create an extraordinary training ground for the individual artist and scholar of the arts. Today, students learn their craft in a spirited, risk-taking environment that combines the professional training of a conservatory with the liberal arts education of a premier global university with campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi, Shanghai and 11 academic centers around the world. Learn more at www.tisch.nyu.edu.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

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