Choreographer Mark Morris is known for his irreverent dance compositions that challenge conventions and flip traditional gender roles, as well as for his volatile temper and colorful soundbites.

Zarin Mehta

Considered by many to be the savviest trial lawyer of his generation, Wells is the mustachioed co-chairman of Paul Weiss' litigation department. His most famous clients : cooter Libby and Eliot Spitzer.

Skadden Arps' only living name partner, corporate attorney Joe Flom is a legal legend.

Are you a rap mogul facing weapons charges? Talk to Ben. He's made a career out of working miracles for high-profile clients with big troubles and even bigger bank balances.

With her partner Cindy Spiegel, Grau is co-head of Random House imprint Spiegel & Grau. She was previously the publisher of Penguin imprint Riverhead.

The intensely private Mayhew is editorial director at Simon & Schuster. She's known for acquiring and editing inside-the-Beltway page-turners, notably Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's seminal Watergate investigation, All the President's Men.

The highly-respected editor-at-large at Knopf, Fisketjon is famous in publishing circles both for his editing talent and for his association with the '80s literary "brat pack" that gave us Jay McInerney and Bret Easton Ellis.

Francine Prose

The bespectacled, soft-spoken Galassi is the head of ultra-literary publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Winick was the director of frothy romantic films like Tadpole and 13 Going on 30. Along with John Sloss, he was a founder of digital production company InDiGent, which shut down in 2007. He passed away in 2011.

Angelou, a writer, poet, actress and activist, is one of America's most prominent and influential African-American women.

A former ballet dancer herself, Moore is the executive director of the American Ballet Theatre.

Comic writer Ames is blessed with a total lack of inhibition when it comes to his work, which mines the embarrassing, the shocking, and the sexually transgressive to unique tragicomic effect. He admits to being "probably the gayest straight writer in America."

An American novelist and journalist, Egan is best known for her 2011 Pulitzer Prize winning book, A Visit From the Goon Squad.

Author and essayist, Klosterman writes about pop culture and sports for Grantland.com.

The author of Wiseguy and Casino, Nick Pileggi the man who brought you Joe Pesci's famous "How am I funny?" scene in Goodfellas. He was also the husband of fellow screenwriter and all-around goddess, the late Nora Ephron.

Bruce Lundvall

The star of Broadway's Cabaret and TV's The Good Wife, Scotsman Alan Cumming is also a campy gay icon.

Elizabeth Peyton