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Brooklyn Academy of Music will present the 2026 BAM Ball on April 29 at the Peter Jay Sharp Building in Brooklyn. The event will honor director and playwright Robert Wilson<\/a> in memoriam and BAM Endowment Trust Chair Gabriel Pizzi. Isabella Rossellini<\/a> will accept the honor on Wilson\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfad NEW! Brooklyn Theatre Newsletter<\/p>\n The evening will include the New York premiere of Wilson\u2019s Moby Dick, performed by D\u00fcsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. Attendees will also participate in a program of pre-show cocktails, dinner, and an after party in the Adam Space.<\/p>\n Wilson\u2019s history with BAM includes productions such as The Life and Times of Sigmund Freud<\/a> (1970) and Letter to a Man with Mikhail Baryshnikov<\/a> during the 2016 Next Wave Festival. Over his career, he collaborated with artists including Philip Glass<\/a>, David Byrne<\/a>, Tom Waits<\/a>, Lou Reed<\/a>, and Willem Dafoe<\/a>, and created works that combined multiple artistic disciplines.<\/p>\n Pizzi is recognized for his leadership of BAM\u2019s Endowment Trust, where he has served for 15 years, supporting the organization\u2019s long-term sustainability and programming. He is also a partner at Summit Rock Advisors and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Public Library.<\/p>\n Proceeds from the BAM Ball will support the institution\u2019s artistic and educational programming. The event is co-chaired by Alexa Davidson Suskin and Robert Tichio.<\/p>\n ABOUT THE HONOREES<\/p>\n Robert Wilson<\/a> was a theater and visual artist known for integrating movement, design, and music into stage works. His projects included collaborations with Philip Glass<\/a> and productions such as Einstein on the Beach. He founded The Watermill Center and received numerous international honors during his career.<\/p>\n Gabriel Pizzi is a partner at Summit Rock Advisors and has focused on investment strategy and philanthropy. As Chair of BAM\u2019s Endowment Trust, he has supported the organization\u2019s financial and institutional development.<\/p>\n ABOUT BAM<\/p>\n Brooklyn Academy of Music is a performing arts institution presenting theater, dance, music, opera, film, and other programming. Founded more than 160 years ago, BAM serves local and international audiences through year-round programming and initiatives including the Next Wave Festival and DanceAfrica.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfad NEW! Brooklyn Theatre Newsletter Get all the top news & discounts for Brooklyn & beyond. Brooklyn Academy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-191611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}