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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/ Film 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 include celebrating younger, up-and-coming Tufts alumni working in these industries through the inaugural P.T. Barnum Awards Young Alumni Showcase.

The thirteen14th annual P.T. Barnum Awards will be held in Los Angeles in June, 2017.New York City in June, 2018.

==From the Hill to Hollywood 2015==
Award recipients:
* Julie Dubiner, dramaturg
* Deke Sharon, vocal producer, arranger, and vocalist for Pitch Perfect, The Sing Off and Pitch Slapped
* Joel Bishoff, DIrecotr, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
* Justine Shapiro, Documentary filmmaker and travel television host
Keynote:
* Adam Felber, political satirist and radio personality

==From Ballou to Broadway 2016==
Young Alumni Showcase:
* Allison Benko, director, and Grace Oberhofer, composer
* Broken Box Mime Theater
* Andrew Mulherkar and Jason Yeager, jazz musicians 
* J. Faye Yuan, screenwriter and interactive documentarian
(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]]