A night of live performances and shades of violet, nearly 500 guests congregated at Cipriani South Street to celebrate New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts’ 60th anniversary on April 13. The festivities centered Theatre Mitu Founding Artistic Director and Tisch’s newest Dean, Rubén Polendo and two honorees — Runway co-founder and Tisch alum, Cristóbal Valenzuela (‘18) and Pulitzer Prize winning writer and Tisch faculty member, Suzan- Lori Parks.
The eclipse on April 8 marked New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts’ “biggest celebration of creative change makers to date!” As the purple carpet was rolled out in Cipriani South Street in NYC, professors, students, alum and more gathered to acknowledge honorees actor Corey Stoll, singer/songwriter Madison Love and film director Ang Lee at the 2024 Tisch Gala.
When Carolina de Castiglioni penned Syrma, she had no idea it would land her an opportunity to participate in the New York Theatre Festival in June 2020. The contemporary, Greek mythological, tale is Castiglioni’s debut play; though as an actor, she’s no stranger to the theater world. Following a reading of Syrma at the Center for Italian Modern Art on May 20, The Knocktural was able to chat with the NYU alum and hear how Syrma came to be.
On April 3rd 2023, NYU Hosted their Annual Tisch Gala at the Ziegfeld Ballroom after 3 years of Covid Epidemic and its spikes and flows. A lovely night filled with the biggest names from NYU Alumnus, staff, teachers and students coming together to honor and celebrate the Mother and Son Honorees: Alum and Guggenheim Fellow Hank Willis Thomas (‘98) and MacArthur Fellow and chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at Tisch Dr. Deborah Willis.
On Monday April 3rd 2023, NYU Hosted their Annual Tisch Gala at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. From NYU Alumnus, staff, teachers and students gathering to honor the Mother and Son Honorees: Alum and Guggenheim Fellow Hank Willis Thomas (‘98) and MacArthur Fellow and chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at Tisch Dr. Deborah Willis and celebrate the community and achievements of NYU after the last Gala in 2019.
We caught up with singer Samantha Urbani at the Alice + Olivia presentation last week! Check out our exclusive interview.
We caught up with emerging actor Brandon Salerno to discuss his latest projects.
Since the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 13, 2020, some have been quarantined for months.