On
Monday,
November 17, 2008
at 6:00
p.m.,
members of the press are invited to
a special Red Carpet Photo Op
outside the Frederick P. Rose Hall,
Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center as
hundreds of celebrities, faculty,
alumni, and supporters gather for
Tisch
on Stage,
the annual gala hosted by
The
Tisch
School of the Arts at New York
University.
The
gala will honor actor and Dean’s
Council Co-Chair
Alec
Baldwin
'94; philanthropist and patron of
the arts
Iris
Cantor;
inventor, philanthropist, and patron
of Tisch’s Kanbar Institute of Film
and Television
Maurice
Kanbar;
and “architect of American regional
theater”
Zelda
Fichandler.
Also
in attendance will be filmmaker
Joel
Coen
'78 (No
Country for Old Men);
Cabaret legend
Elaine
Stritch
(At
Liberty);
actor
Rainn
Wilson
'89 (The
Office);
actor
Mariska
Hargitay
(Law
& Order: SVU);
actor
Danny
Pino
'00 (Cold
Case);
Raúl
Esparza
'92 (Company);
Mano
Felciano
'04 (Sweeney
Todd);
and
Laura
Benanti
(Gypsy)
along with an ensemble of Acting
Program alumni.
The
evening will be a lively celebration
of the honorees’ accomplishments in
the performing arts and an
opportunity for the Tisch community
to gather, perform, and celebrate
the accomplishments of the school
and its dedication to educating the
next generation of performance
artists. The gala will benefit
Tisch student scholarships and other
student needs at the Tisch School.
The
gala will be hosted by
Dean
Mary Schmidt Campbell
and Gala co-chairs
Patrice
Auld
'77 and
Rosemarie DiLorenzo.
Dean’s Council members
Chris
Columbus
'80 and
Lorne
Michaels
will serve as Honorary Chairs. The
gala program will be directed by
Matt
Lenz
and produced by
Amanda
Lipitz
'02.
WHAT:
Special
Red Carpet Photo Op for
Tisch
on Stage,
the annual gala hosted by
The
Tisch School of the Arts
at New York
University.
WHO:
Alec
Baldwin,
Joel
Coen,
Elaine
Stritch,
Rainn
Wilson,
Mariska
Hargitay,
Danny
Pino,
Raúl
Esparza,
Mano
Felciano,
Laura
Benanti,
Iris
Cantor,
Maurice
Kanbar,
and
Zelda
Fichandler
WHEN:
Monday,
November 17, 2008; 6:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Outside
the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Enter
through doors at 60th
Street and Broadway
New York, NY