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P.T. Barnum Awards
'''The P.T. Barnum Awards for Excellence in Entertainment''' is an annual awards ceremony honoring alumni of '''[[Tufts University]]''' for their work in the field of media and entertainment. The show alternates between New York City and Los Angeles, respectively titled '''"From Ballou to Broadway"''' and '''"From the Hill to Hollywood."'''

The award began as a 2005 collaboration of The Hill to Hollywood Network of the Los Angeles Tufts Alliance, the [http://ase.tufts.edu/cms/ Communications and Media Studies Program (CMS)] at Tufts University,<ref>http://ase.tufts.edu/cms/</ref> the [http://ase.tufts.edu/drama-dance/ Tufts Department of Drama and Dance],<ref>http://ase.tufts.edu/drama-dance/</ref> and the [http://www.tuftsalumni.org/who-we-are/office-of-alumni-relations/ Tufts Office of Alumni Relations]<ref>http://www.tuftsalumni.org</ref> in celebration of [[P.T. Barnum]]’s love of entertainment and creativity, and the desire to honor members of the Tuft's 
community for their advancement of and success within the media and entertainment industries.  The 2015 P.T. Barnum Awards expanded the ceremony's focus to celebrating younger, up-and-coming Tufts alumni working in these industries as well through the inaugural P.T. Barnum Awards Young Alumni Showcase.

The 2016 P.T. Barnum Awards will be held in New York City in early June.

==From the Hill to Hollywood 2015==
Keynote:
* [[Albert Berger]], film producer
Young Alumni Showcase:
* Noam Ash and Austin Bening, creators of the web series My Gay Roommate
* Madeline Blue, actor
* Elyssa Dru Rosenberg, choreographer
* Brett Weiner, screenwriter, producer, and cofounder of [[Screen Junkies]]

==From Ballou to Broadway 2014==
Award recipients:
* [[David Costabile]], actor
* Robert O'Hara, playwright
* [[Michael Dobbs]], author
Emcee:
(contracted; show full)* Courtenay Valenti, Executive Vice President, [[Warner Brothers Pictures]]
* Jon Levin, literary agent, [[Creative Artists Agency]]
* [[Ameesha Patel]], Bollywood actress

==References==
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[[Category:Tufts University]]