The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Dir; Patrick Willingham, Executive Dir) has announced that The Public’s Annual Gala will take place on Wed May 8 with a special performance of HELL’S KITCHEN on Broadway. This year, The Public honors the creative team of "Hell's Kitchen;"  Camille A Brown (Choreography), Kristoffer Diaz (Book), Michael Greif (Director) and Alicia Keys (Music & Lyrics). This year’s annual event will be hosted by Gala Co-Chairs Yrthya Dinzey-Flores and Mychal Harrison. The Gala Benefit Committee includes Jonathan D. Cohen, Ariana DeBose, Colman Domingo, Peter Fine, Renée Elise Goldsberry, John Gore, Ethan Hawke, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, John Leguizamo, Judith Light & Robert Desiderio, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Erica Schmidt & Peter Dinklage, Liev Schreiber, Phillipa Soo & Steven Pasquale, Corey Stoll, Marisa Tomei, and Susan Kelechi Watson. The Gala will kick off with a pre-show reception held at Mermaid Oyster Bar  at 5:00 PM, followed by a 7:30 PM performance at the Shubert. An afterparty will be held at Bacall’s following the performance. Gala tickets are available at publictheater.org/hkgala. Press contact: The Public Press (press@publictheater.org)...