The Tisch School of the Arts celebrated its 50th anniversary last week with a gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center, hosted by Alec Baldwin and Spike Lee. The evening honored the Tisch family as well as significant alumni, including Broadway costume designer Paul Tazewell, TV producer Wendy Calhoun and Microsoft engineer Lili Cheng. WSN headed to the red carpet to chat with the evening’s notable guests — Billy Crystal and Andrew Hamilton, to name a few — about Tisch’s past and future, their college days and the importance of an arts education. Check out the video above!

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