Paul Tazewell
Latest News on Paul Tazewell:
MJ THE MUSICAL Comes To Jacksonville This April (Dec 17, 2024)
Tickets to AIN'T TOO PROUD at Kravis Center to go on Sale This Week (Dec 16, 2024)
Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards; RENT at Elgin Community College Leads Best Musical! (Dec 16, 2024)
MJ THE MUSICAL Comes To Jacksonville This April (Dec 17, 2024)
Tickets to AIN'T TOO PROUD at Kravis Center to go on Sale This Week (Dec 16, 2024)
Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards; RENT at Elgin Community College Leads Best Musical! (Dec 16, 2024)
BIO
Having designed costumes for Broadway, regional theaters, film, and television for over three decades, PAUL TAZEWELL is one of the industry’s most revered designers. From his Academy Award®-nominated work in West Side Story to creating costumes for the Tony Award®-winning Broadway production of Hamilton, his creations have captivated audiences across the globe.
Paul recently received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Costume Design for a Musical for his work in the Broadway production of Suffs as well as a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical. He is also a 2024 NAACP Theatre Award nominee for Best Costume Design for Ain’t Too Proud.
In 2016, he received an Emmy Award for NBC’s The Wiz! Live. Other screen credits include Harriet (Focus Features), The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO), and Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC). On Thanksgiving 2024, the highly anticipated Wicked film, featuring Paul's designs, will be released, showcasing the reimagined world created by Director John M. Chu and starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Other notable honors include two Lucille Lortel Awards, four Helen Hayes Awards, a CDGA Award, a Princess Grace Foundation Fellowship, and The Princess Grace Statue Award.
Additionally, Paul’s costume designs can be seen in the Broadway musical Suffs by Shaina Taub and Death Becomes Her by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey, which opened in Chicago on April 30, 2024.
Paul has had the privilege to work with renowned companies such as The Metropolitan Opera, The Bolshoi Ballet, The English National Opera, Theatre du Chatelet, The Public Theater, The National Theater, The Kennedy Center, The Guthrie Theater, Arena Stage, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, and many more.
Paul began his Broadway career with the groundbreaking musical ‘Bring in Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk, directed by George C. Wolfe. Other Broadway credits include In the Heights; Ain’t Too Proud; The Color Purple; Dr Zhivago; Memphis; Caroline, or Change; Elaine Stritch at Liberty; Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam; Lombardi, and Magic/Bird. Revival work includes Side Show; A Streetcar Named Desire; Jesus Christ Superstar; Guys and Dolls; A Raisin in the Sun, and On the Town.
​In 2021, Paul designed Fire Shut Up In My Bones, The Met's first performance of an opera by a Black composer, Terence Blanchard, and his adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir.
Paul holds an MFA from New York University and a BFA from North Carolina School of the Arts. He has been privileged to instruct students as a guest artist at both New York University and North Carolina School of the Arts. From 2003-2006, he held a faculty position at Carnegie Mellon University.
He currently resides in New York City.
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TDF’s chair Earl D. Weiner, TDF’s executive director Victoria Bailey, Cady Huffman, Paul Tazewell, Jane Greenwood, Rodney Gordon, Mio Guberinic, Susan Hilferty, John Lee Beatty, Chita Rivera, Michael Mayer, Tobin Theatre Arts Fund’s: Mel Weingart, L
Date:
04/29/2019
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Productions
Awards and Nominations
winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical
Paul Tazewell, Suffs
Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Costume Design of a Musical
Paul Tazewell, Suffs
Tony Awards - 2022 - Best Costume Design of a Musical
Paul Tazewell, MJ The Musical
Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Costume Design of a Musical
Paul Tazewell, Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations
Olivier Awards - 2018 - Best Costume Design
Paul Tazewell , Hamilton
winner
BroadwayWorld Awards - 2016 - Best Costume Design
Paul Tazewell, Hamilton
winner
Tony Awards - 2016 - Best Costume Design of a Musical
Paul Tazewell, Hamilton
Drama Desk Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Costume Design
Paul Tazewell, Hamilton
winner
Helen Hayes Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Costume Design, HAYES Production
Paul TazewellSide Show
Olivier Awards - 2015 - Best Costume Design
Paul TazewellMemphis The Musical
winner
The Lortels - 2015 - Outstanding Costume Design
Paul Tazewell, Hamilton
Tony Awards - 2012 - Best Costume Design of a Play
Paul Tazewell, A Streetcar Named Desire
Tony Awards - 2010 - Best Costume Design of a Musical
Paul Tazewell, Memphis
Helen Hayes Awards - 2008 - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Paul TazewellCarnival!
Tony Awards - 2008 - Best Costume Design of a Musical
Paul Tazewell, In The Heights
Tony Awards - 2006 - Best Costume Design of a Musical
Paul Tazewell, The Color Purple
winner
Helen Hayes Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Paul TazewellCamelot
The Lortels - 2004 - Outstanding Costume Design
Paul Tazewell, Caroline, or Change
The Lortels - 2003 - Outstanding Costume Design
Paul Tazewell, Boston Marriage
Helen Hayes Awards - 2000 - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Paul TazewellThe Women
winner
Helen Hayes Awards - 1999 - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Paul TazewellPeer Gynt
winner
The Lortels - 1998 - Outstanding Costume Design
Paul Tazewell, On the Town
Helen Hayes Awards - 1997 - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Paul TazewellBlithe Spirit
Helen Hayes Awards - 1996 - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Paul TazewellThe Matchmaker
Tony Awards - 1996 - Best Costume Design
Paul Tazewell , Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk
Helen Hayes Awards - 1995 - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Paul TazewellThe Revenger's Comedies
Helen Hayes Awards - 1995 - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Paul TazewellThe Odyssey
winner
Helen Hayes Awards - 1993 - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Paul TazewellThe African Company Presents "Richard III"
Helen Hayes Awards - 1993 - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Paul TazewellThe Way of the World
Helen Hayes Awards - 1991 - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Paul TazewellThe Caucasian Chalk Circle
Videos
Video: HAMILTON Wishes Happy Anniversary to Alexander and Eliza Hamilton
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 14, 2024
Video: SUFFS Hosts Roll Call With Representatives from the 36 States that Ratified 19th Amendment
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 25, 2024
Video: MJ â€" Das Michael Jackson Musical: Benét Monteiro in der Titelrolle!
by Joshua Wright - Aug 6, 2024
Video/Photos: Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, Michelle Williams & More in DEATH BECOMES HER
by Joshua Wright - May 18, 2024
VIDEO: Megan Hilty & Jennifer Simard Talk DEATH BECOMES HER on WGN9 Chicago
by Joshua Wright - May 2, 2024
Video: Get A First Look At The Return of FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES at The Met Opera
by Joshua Wright - Apr 8, 2024
Video: Producer Hillary Rodham Clinton Featured in New SUFFS Promotional Video
by Stephi Wild - Mar 4, 2024
Video: The Cast of MJ THE MUSICAL Performs 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town'
by Stephi Wild - Dec 14, 2023
Video: Get a Sneak Peek of AIN'T TOO PROUD London Cast Singing 'My Girl'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 14, 2023
Video: MJ Celebrates One Year on Broadway, Kicking Off Black History Month
by Stephi Wild - Feb 1, 2023
VIDEO: Watch Highlights of Billy Crystal and More in MR. SATURDAY NIGHT on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Apr 28, 2022
News
MJ THE MUSICAL Comes To Jacksonville This April
Individual tickets for the smash-hit musical, MJ, are now on sale. MJ makes its Jacksonville premiere at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts April 22-27, 2025.
Individual tickets for the smash-hit musical, MJ, are now on sale. MJ makes its Jacksonville premiere at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts April 22-27, 2025.
Tickets to AIN'T TOO PROUD at Kravis Center to go on Sale This Week
Single tickets for the Broadway musical AIN'T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS at The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts will go on sale this week. Learn more!
Single tickets for the Broadway musical AIN'T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS at The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts will go on sale this week. Learn more!
Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards; RENT at Elgin Community College Leads Best Musical!
Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards; HAMILTON at Sydney Lyric Theatre Leads Best Musical!
Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Video: HAMILTON Wishes Happy Anniversary to Alexander and Eliza Hamilton
Hamilton is celebrating the anniversary of Alexander and Eliza Hamilton, who were married on this day, December 14, in 1780. Watch a tribute in the video, featuring current Broadway cast members Trey Curtis and Morgan Anita Wood here!
Hamilton is celebrating the anniversary of Alexander and Eliza Hamilton, who were married on this day, December 14, in 1780. Watch a tribute in the video, featuring current Broadway cast members Trey Curtis and Morgan Anita Wood here!
WICKED, EMILIA PEREZ Nominated for Costume Designers Guild Awards
The Costume Designers Guild has announced the official nominees list for the 27th CDGA (Costume Designers Guild Awards), which includes honors for Wicked, Emilia Perez, Maria, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and Agatha All Along.
The Costume Designers Guild has announced the official nominees list for the 27th CDGA (Costume Designers Guild Awards), which includes honors for Wicked, Emilia Perez, Maria, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and Agatha All Along.
Tickets on Sale Today For AIN'T TOO PROUD in South Bend
Single tickets for the smash hit musical AIN’T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS in South Bend will go on sale to the public today. Learn more here!
Single tickets for the smash hit musical AIN’T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS in South Bend will go on sale to the public today. Learn more here!
WICKED Part One- All of the Nominations and Awards
BroadwayWorld has put together a list of the major national and international award nominations and wins for part one of the major movie musical. The list includes Golden Globes, the National Board of Review, the Critics' Choice Awards, and more.Â
BroadwayWorld has put together a list of the major national and international award nominations and wins for part one of the major movie musical. The list includes Golden Globes, the National Board of Review, the Critics' Choice Awards, and more.Â
Lin-Manuel Miranda Casts Doubt on HAMILTON Movie
Don't expect a Hamilton movie anytime soon. Despite the enormous success of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical, the creator explains why he is hesitant to bring it to the big screen.Â
Don't expect a Hamilton movie anytime soon. Despite the enormous success of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical, the creator explains why he is hesitant to bring it to the big screen.Â
WICKED Receives 11 Critics Choice Award Nominations; Full List!
Wicked is racking up nominations as one of the most-nominated films of the year for the 2024 Critics Choice Awards. Wicked, along with Conclave, lead this year’s film contenders, having earned 11 nominations each.
Wicked is racking up nominations as one of the most-nominated films of the year for the 2024 Critics Choice Awards. Wicked, along with Conclave, lead this year’s film contenders, having earned 11 nominations each.
Tickets For MJ at Marcus Performing Arts Center to go on Sale This Week
Individual tickets for the musical MJ at Marcus Performing Arts Center will go on sale starting this week. He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson's unique and unparalleled artistry comes to Milwaukee in MJ. Learn more.
Individual tickets for the musical MJ at Marcus Performing Arts Center will go on sale starting this week. He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson's unique and unparalleled artistry comes to Milwaukee in MJ. Learn more.
Jamaal Fields-Green To Join MJ THE MUSICAL West End This January
Jamaal Fields-Green will take over the role of ‘MJ’ in the smash hit London production of MJ The Musical.
Jamaal Fields-Green will take over the role of ‘MJ’ in the smash hit London production of MJ The Musical.
Everything You Need to Know About WICKED: PART TWO
The hit Broadway musical Wicked is officially coming to the big screen! BroadwayWorld collected all the information we could about the upcoming film - including who's starring, what viewers can expect, and what will change from stage to screen.
The hit Broadway musical Wicked is officially coming to the big screen! BroadwayWorld collected all the information we could about the upcoming film - including who's starring, what viewers can expect, and what will change from stage to screen.
Latest Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Chicago Awards
Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Latest Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Central New York Awards
Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Central New York Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Central New York Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Latest Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Australia - Sydney Awards
Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
MJ THE MUSICAL Comes to Overture in June
Overture Center for the Arts has announced that individual tickets for MJ the Musical will go on sale this week. Learn more about the upcoming production and find out how to get tickets here!
Overture Center for the Arts has announced that individual tickets for MJ the Musical will go on sale this week. Learn more about the upcoming production and find out how to get tickets here!
New Cast Set For the UK and Ireland Tour of HAMILTON
New casting has been announced for the UK and Ireland Tour of the multi award-winning HAMILTON. The new cast will have their first performance at Cardiff's Wales Millennium Centre on Monday 20 January 2025.
New casting has been announced for the UK and Ireland Tour of the multi award-winning HAMILTON. The new cast will have their first performance at Cardiff's Wales Millennium Centre on Monday 20 January 2025.
First Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Chicago Awards
Check out the first stats for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Check out the first stats for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
MJ Tour To Make Bass Performance Hall Debut in May
Tickets for MJ at Bass Performance Hall, will go on sale this month. The production is set to visit Bass Performance Hall in May. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Tickets for MJ at Bass Performance Hall, will go on sale this month. The production is set to visit Bass Performance Hall in May. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What awards has Paul Tazewell been nominated for?
Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Suffs, Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Suffs, Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for MJ The Musical, Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, Best Costume Design (Olivier Awards) for Hamilton, Best Costume Design (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Hamilton, Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Hamilton, Outstanding Costume Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Hamilton, Outstanding Costume Design, HAYES Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Side Show, Best Costume Design (Olivier Awards) for Memphis The Musical, Outstanding Costume Design (The Lortels) for Hamilton, Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for A Streetcar Named Desire, Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Memphis, Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Carnival! , Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for In The Heights, Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Color Purple, Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Camelot , Outstanding Costume Design (The Lortels) for Caroline, or Change, Outstanding Costume Design (The Lortels) for Boston Marriage, Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Women, Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Peer Gynt, Outstanding Costume Design (The Lortels) for On the Town, Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Blithe Spirit , Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Matchmaker, Best Costume Design (Tony Awards) for Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk, Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Revenger's Comedies, Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Odyssey, Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for The African Company Presents "Richard III", Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Way of the World and Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
What awards has Paul Tazewell won?
Paul Tazewell has received several prestigious awards for his work in costume design. These include: - Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Suffs - Best Costume Design at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Hamilton - Best Costume Design of a Musical at the Tony Awards for Hamilton - Outstanding Costume Design, HAYES Production at the Helen Hayes Awards for Side Show - Outstanding Costume Design at The Lortels for Hamilton - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production at the Helen Hayes Awards for Camelot - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production at the Helen Hayes Awards for Peer Gynt - Outstanding Costume Design at The Lortels for On the Town - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production at the Helen Hayes Awards for The African Company Presents "Richard III".
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