An Evening with Norm Lewis

Sponsorships and Gala Tickets are now available through the Shubert's Development Department - email Nicholas Bussett, Director of Development, or call 203.773.4339.

Events of the Evening: 6pm Cocktail Reception, 8pm Performance followed by Dessert Reception

Producer @ $15,000

• Premier Seating for 15 in the theatre
• Exclusive meet-and-greet with Chita Rivera (based on COVID guidelines at time of show)
• Cocktail and Dessert receptions
• Recognition as Producer on invitation and Gala program
• Full-page message/ad in Gala program

Director @ $10,000

• Premier Seating for 14 in the theatre
• Cocktail and Dessert receptions
• Recognition as Director on invitation and Gala program
• Half-page message/ad in Gala program

Sponsor @ $5,000

• Preferred Seating for 6 in the theatre
• Cocktail and Dessert receptions
• Recognition as Sponsor on invitation and Gala program
• Quarter-page message/ad in Gala program

Patron @ $1,000

• One Priority Seat in the theatre
• Cocktail and Dessert receptions
• Recognition as Paton on invitation and Gala program

Director Tickets @ $500

• One Preferred Seat in the theatre
• Cocktail and Dessert receptions
• Gala Program Listing

PLACE A TRIBUTE AD OR MESSAGE in our Gala program

• Full page tribute: $1,000
• Half page tribute: $500
• Quarter page tribute: $250

IMPORTANT COVID POLICY UPDATE: Please be advised, all attendees will be required to show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination (or a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours) before entering the theatre. Face masks will also be required inside the building.

Emmy, Grammy, Tony, and SAG Award nominee, NORM LEWIS, recently starred in Spike Lee's critically acclaimed, "Da 5 Bloods," and in the groundbreaking FX series, Pose. Additionally, Mr. Lewis can be seen starring in ABC's newest series, Women of The Movement, and offscreen, his voice can be heard in the latest season of Apple TV's animated series, Central Park. He was also seen as 'Caiaphas' in the award-winning NBC television special, “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert!,” alongside John Legend, Sara Bareilles, and Alice Cooper. Mr. Lewis returned to Broadway in the Fall of 2021, starring in Chicken and Biscuits at the Circle In The Square Theatre. He previously appeared in the Broadway revival of Once on This Island and as Sweeney Todd in the Off-Broadway production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Barrow Street Theatre, receiving the AUDELCO Award for his performance. In May of 2014, he made history as The Phantom of the Opera’s first African American Phantom on Broadway. 

He has been seen on PBS in the Live From Lincoln Center productions of Showboat with Vanessa Williams, Norm Lewis: Who Am I?, New Year’s Eve: A Gershwin Celebration with Diane Reeves, as well as American Voices with Renée Fleming and the PBS Specials First You Dream – The Music of Kander & Ebb and Ella Wishes You A Swingin' Christmas. He can be seen recurring in the VH1 series, Daytime Divas, also alongside Vanessa Williams. His additional television credits include Law & Order, Riverdale, Dr. Death, Mrs. America, Better Things, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Bull, Chicago Med, Gotham, The Blacklist, and Blue Bloods, as well as in his recurring role as Senator Edison Davis on the hit drama Scandal. Mr. Lewis is a proud founding member of Black Theatre United, an organization which stands together to help protect Black people, Black talent and Black lives of all shapes and orientations in theatre and communities across the country.

He received Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle award nominations for his performance as Porgy in the Broadway production ofThe Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess. Other Broadway credits include Sondheim on Sondheim, The Little Mermaid, Les Misérables, Chicago, Amour, The Wild Party, Side Show, Miss Saigon, and The Who’s Tommy. In London’s West End he has appeared as Javert in Les Misérables and Les Misérables: The 25th Anniversary Concert, which aired on PBS. Off-Broadway Mr. Lewis has performed in Dessa Rose (Drama Desk nomination, AUDELCO Award), Shakespeare in the Park’s The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Drama League nomination), Captains Courageous, and A New Brain. His regional credits include Porgy in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (A.R.T.), Ragtime, Dreamgirls (with Jennifer Holliday), First You Dream, Sweeney Todd, and The Fantasticks. His additional film credits include Christmas In Tune (starring opposite Reba McEntire), Magnum Opus, Winter’s Tale, Sex and the City 2, Confidences, and Preaching to the Choir.