'''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.
==From Ballou to Broadway 2014==
Award recipients:
* [[David Costabile]], actor
* Robert O'Hara, playwright
* [[Michael Dobbs]], author
Emcee:
* [[Neal Shapiro]], media executive
==From the Hill to Hollywood 2013==
Award recipients:
* Coral Hawthorne, producer
* Christopher Brown, art director and production designer
* [[Brian Koppelman]], screenwriter and director
Emcee:
* [[Deke Sharon]], arranger, producer, and performer
==From Ballou to Broadway 2012==
[[File:2012 Barnum Recipients.jpg|thumb|From the 2012 P.T. Barnum Awards: From left, author Gregory Maguire (G90), NBC News Producer Marian Porges (J82), dancer and artistic director Betsy Gregory (J73), and actor Jonathan Hadary.]]
Award recipients:
* Betsy Gregory, dancer and Artistic Director, [[Dance Umbrella]]
* Marian Porges, Senior Director, [[NBC News]]
* [[Jonathan Hadary]], actor
* [[Gregory Maguire]], writer
Emcee:
* Charles Cermele, producer and performer
== From the Hill to Hollywood 2011 ==
Award recipients:
* [[Hank Azaria]], actor, director, comedian
* David Rone, President, [[Time Warner Cable|Time Warner Cable Sports]]
* Prudence Fraser Sternin and Robert Sternin, television and stage writers and producers
* [[Gary Winick]], director and producer
Emcees:
* [[Jeff Greenstein]], television writer and producer
* Jeff Strauss, television writer and producer
==From Ballou to Broadway 2010==
Award recipients:
* [[Oliver Platt]], actor
* Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern, directors, producers and co-founders, Lookalike Productions
* Art Bridgman, choreographer, Bridgman/Packer Dance
Emcees:
* [[Hank Azaria]], actor, director, comedian
* Joel Bishoff, director
==From the Hill to Hollywood 2009==
[[Image:TUFTS2009 015.jpg|thumb|180px|alt=Jeff and Andrea.|Jeff Greenstein and Andrea Nelson Meigs, 2009 P.T. Barnum Award winners.]]
Award recipients:
* [[Jeff Greenstein]], television writer and producer
* Andrea Nelson Meigs, talent agent, [[Creative Artists Agency]]
Emcee:
* Adam Felber, political satirist and radio personality
==From Ballou to Broadway 2008==
[[Image:Jim Albert Neal.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Albert Berger, Neal Shapiro, Jim Nicola.|Albert Berger, Neal Shapiro, Jim Nicola, 2008 P.T. Barnum Award winners.]]
Award recipients:
* Jim Nicola, Artistic Director, [[New York Theatre Workshop]]
* [[Albert Berger (film producer)|Albert Berger]], producer, ''[[Little Miss Sunshine]]'' and ''[[Cold Mountain (movie)|Cold Mountain]]''
* [[Neal Shapiro]], President and CEO, New York public media provider [[WNET]]
Emcee:
* Rob Burnett, Executive Producer, ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''
==From the Hill to Hollywood 2007==
Award recipients:
* [[Steve Tisch]], producer, ''[[Risky Business]]'' and ''[[Forrest Gump]]''
* [[Ben Silverman]], Co-President and Executive Producer, [[Universal Media Studios]]
* Seamus Blackley, [[Creative Artists Agency]] talent agent and [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] designer
==From Ballou to Broadway 2006==
Award recipients:
* Donald Byrd, Tony Award nominated choreographer and Spectrum Dance Theater Artistic Director
* [[Dan Hedaya]], actor
* Mary Louise Geiger, NYU [[Tisch School of the Arts]] faculty member and founder of Mary Louise Geiger Lighting design
* Rob Burnett, Executive Producer, ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''
* [[Meredith Vieira]], Co- Host of ''[[Today (NBC program)|Today]]'' and Host of ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]''
==From the Hill to Hollywood 2005==
Award recipients:
* '''[[Peter Gallagher]]''', actor
* [[Cary Granat]], founder and CEO, [[Walden Media]]
* 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]]
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