FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Great Barrington, Mass.—Tony-winning and Grammy-nominated Broadway, television, and film star Aaron Tveit will headline the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center’s 2025 Gala on Sunday, July 13 at 8 p.m., replacing the previously scheduled performer, Andrew Rannells.
This change reflects an unavoidable scheduling conflict on behalf of the originally planned artist.
All other gala details remain unchanged, including date, time, location, and prices. See below for gala information.
About Aaron Tveit
Aaron Tveit is a Tony-winning, American theatre, television, and film actor.
Tveit earned a 74th Annual Tony Award leading the cast of the world premiere production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical. A stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s critically acclaimed film, the Grammy-nominated show premiered on Broadway in the summer of 2019. Tveit also received an Outer Critics Circle honor for his performance. He is next to be seen in the iconic Chess co-starring Lea Michelle and Nicholas Christopher, coming this fall.
In July 2021, he was seen in Apple TV+’s new series Schmigadoon. He also appears in Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Stories and Audible and Broadway Video’s podcast Hit Job, alongside Keke Palmer, Pete Davidson and more.
Television audiences know him from USA network series Graceland; the CBS comic-thriller, Braindead, where he played the male lead of Gareth, opposite Mary Elizabeth Winstead; and the Emmy award winning television musical, Grease: Live, where he played Danny Zuko opposite Julianne Hough and Vanessa Hudgens. Most recently, Tveit was seen in Hallmark’s One Royal Holiday, opposite fellow Broadway star Laura Osnes. He will next be seen in Apple TV+’s upcoming, untitled musical comedy series, produced by Lorne Michaels. He has also held numerous guest-starring roles on The Good Fight, Gossip Girl, The Good Wife, Ugly Betty, and Law and Order: SVU.
Tveit’s film credits include Les Miserables, where he was seen portraying the character Enjolras alongside Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe, Out of Blue, Created Equal, Better Off Single, Undrafted, Premium Rush, Howl, and Ghost Town.
On Broadway, he helped revive Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starred in Catch Me if You Can, in the role of Frank Abagnale Jr., and also created the role of “Gabe” in the Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway musical, Next to Normal, which he developed off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre and debuted on Broadway.
In addition to Wicked and Hairspray on Broadway, he starred in the national tours of Hairspray and Rent. He is featured on the cast recordings for Catch Me if You Can and Next to Normal, as well as his solo album, The Radio in My Head: Live at 54 Below. Tveit sold out back-to-back nights at The Pallidum in London in April of 2025.
Tveit has received numerous honors for his work in theatre including the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance in Next to Normal and the Actors Equity Association Clarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Actor. Nominations included Distinguished Performance from the Drama League, Best Male Dancer from the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, and Outstanding Featured Actor from the Outer Critics Circle Awards, all for his work in Catch Me if You Can.
Gala information
Tveit’s performance will be preceded by a gala reception and dinner at 5 p.m., under a grand canopy tent at 52 Castle Street, the former freight yard steps away from the theater at 14 Castle Street. The tent is provided by Mahaiwe Tent.
Dinner will be catered by Peter Platt of Old Inn on the Green. The event is coordinated in partnership with Only in My Dream Events, with floral design by Erica Darling Flowers.
The Mahaiwe’s gala is the organization’s main annual fundraising event. In addition to performance and gala ticket sales, the Mahaiwe will raise funds for the completion and launch of its new venue, the Indigo Room, next door to the theater at 20 Castle Street, through a paddle raise auction during the gala.
Mahaiwe Board member Jamie DuMont and his husband and former Board member Rick Miramontez chair this year’s Gala Committee. DuMont is a co-founder of theatrical production company The Fabulous Invalid, which brought Call Fosse at the Minskoff to the Mahaiwe in 2022. Miramontez is a public relations specialist and founder of DKC-O&M, a public relations agency for the arts and culture industry.
Show-only tickets and Gala Packages are currently on sale. Existing purchased tickets and Gala Packages will automatically remain valid; existing buyers have been contacted with alternative options in case this change affects plans. Contact the Box Office (show-only tickets) or Advancement department (Gala Packages) with questions about these options.
Show-only tickets can be purchased at mahaiwe.org or through the Box Office at 14 Castle Street, 413-528-0100, Wednesday through Saturday, from noon to 4 p.m.
For gala dinner packages, contact Mahaiwe Director of Advancement Diane Wortis at diane@mahaiwe.org or 413-644-9040 x123.
About the Mahaiwe
Located in downtown Great Barrington, Mass., the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is the year-round presenter of world-class music, dance, theater, classic films, Live in HD broadcasts, and arts education programs for the southern Berkshires and neighboring regions. The intimate jewel box of a theater opened in 1905. Since 2005, the performing arts center has hosted over 1,500 events and welcomed over half a million people through its doors. More than 27,000 students from 77 different schools have benefited from the Mahaiwe’s school-time performances and residencies. For more information, see mahaiwe.org.
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