Diane Paulus
Diane Paulus is the Artistic Director of the A. R.
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BIO
Diane Paulus is the Artistic Director of the A.R.T., where her directing credits include: Prometheus Bound, Death and the Powers: The Robots' Opera (premiered in Monaco in September 2010), Johnny Baseball, Best of Both Worlds and The Donkey Show, a disco adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, which ran for six years Off-Broadway.
Her recent theater credits include The Public Theater's revival of Hair on Broadway (2009 Tony Award winner for Best Revival of a Musical, nominated for eight Tony Awards including Best Director, as well as winner of a Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Drama League Award for Best Revival of a Musical). Other recent work includes Kiss Me, Kate (Glimmerglass Opera) and Lost Highway (ENO co-production with the Young Vic). Opera credits include Il Mondo Della Luna (Gotham Chamber Opera at the Hayden Planetarium), Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, Turn Of The Screw, Cosi fan tutte; and Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, L'incoronazione di Poppea and Orfeo at the Chicago Opera Theater. Diane is a Professor of the Practice of Theater at Harvard University.
Paulus was recently named one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Boston" by Boston Magazine and received the 2011 Elliot Norton Award for Best Director for her work on Prometheus Bound, Johnny Baseball and Hair.
She is a recent recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from Boston Conservatory.
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STAGE CREDITS
Productions
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Awards and Nominations
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Videos
Video: Behind the Curtain of MASQUERADE, with Hugh Panaro & Francesca Mehrotra
by Nicole Rosky - 2026-01-21 13:58:07
Video: Hugh Panaro & Elizabeth Stanley Rehearse with the New York Pops
by Joey Mervis - 2025-10-23 16:39:01
News
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 2, 2026
Waitress, featuring music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles will perform at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre. The production tells the story of Jenna, a waitress and pie-maker navigating motherhood, friendship, and personal reinvention.
by James Lindhorst - Sep 30, 2026
Treks to New York for this self-proclaimed theater nerd always includes two things: Seeing as many shows as possible and daily visits to Schmackerys for their delicious cookies. Packing a four day weekend with seven shows doesn't allow a lot of time for dining, so grabbing a slice of pie or a hot dog from a street vendor become dining staples. Now that some producers have moved their matinees to Thursday, it makes seven shows possible: Matinee and evening performances on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, with a single show on Friday evening. Planning is essential to know what shows have matinees on Thursday and what show are not dark on Sunday evenings.
by Joshua Wright - Sep 29, 2026
Ramin Karimloo helped launch The Phantom of the Opera's 40th Anniversary Shanghai Farewell Season with a heartfelt curtain speech, celebrating both the veterans and the newcomers who make up the production's company.
by Joshua Wright - Sep 29, 2026
Could the Phantom's masked ball be crossing the Pacific? Andrew Lloyd Webber is hinting that Masquerade, the immersive reimagining of The Phantom of the Opera that has been playing Off-Broadway since last fall, may soon find a second home in Shanghai.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 29, 2026
You can now get a first look at new production photos of the Broadway musical Waitress! The tour will continue on to 40+ cities including Austin, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 25, 2026
54 Below will present performances featuring Broadway talent including cast members from Diana The Musical, Heathers, and Illinoise, alongside Tony Award nominees and performers from hit shows.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2026
MASQUERADE announced its second annual Le Bal Macabre, a Halloween celebration following the evening performance that will feature music, live performances, and spectacle across multiple floors of the venue.
by Michael Rabice - Sep 20, 2026
The psychadelic musical HAIR that put rock music onto the Broadway stage in 1968 may feel dated to some but that time capsule will always be fully recognizable. With such musical hits as “Let the Sun Shine In ” and “Aquarius,” the musical that shows hippies burning their green cards in New York’s Central Park in protest of the Vietnam War has found it’s was to the Shea’s 710 stage in a spectacular hippie-dippie production presented by Musicalfare
by Stephi Wild - Sep 18, 2026
The Broadway musical featuring music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles will perform at Hartford's The Bushnell. Tickets go on sale Friday, September 25.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 8, 2026
The 10th anniversary tour of WAITRESS, featuring music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles, will launch the Broadway in Peoria Series at the Peoria Civic Center's Prairie Home Alliance Theater.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2026
Nick Cartell, Joe Caskey and other new cast members have joined MASQUERADE, the immersive take on Phantom of the Opera running at 218 West 57th Street in New York.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 28, 2026
54 Below will host a lineup of performers including Britani Bateman with Lagoona Bloo, Claybourne Elder, Charles Busch, Ute Lemper, Linda Eder, Orfeh, and Jeanna de Waal, alongside a Frank Sinatra tribute concert and other cabaret acts.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 26, 2026
See photos from opening night of Rhinoceros at A.R.T.! One by one, friends and colleagues transform into rhinoceroses, and Berenger is forced to decide: will he follow the crowd or stand his ground?
by R. Scott Reedy - Aug 24, 2026
What did our critic think of RHINOCEROS at American Repertory Theater?
by Joshua Wright - Aug 24, 2026
What did the critics think of Rhinoceros at A.R.T. starring Paul Giamatti, Tatiana Maslany John Turturro and more? In Rhinoceros, everything seems normal one Sunday morning…until it’s not.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 19, 2026
Single tickets for the 10th anniversary tour of WAITRESS went on sale for its engagement at Proctors in Schenectady, featuring music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 17, 2026
Single tickets for the 10th anniversary tour of WAITRESS went on sale for its run at Broadway In Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre, featuring music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 14, 2026
Single tickets for WAITRESS and A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL will go on sale as part of the Broadway at the Buddy Holly Hall series, with both productions set to play the Lubbock venue.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 10, 2026
Steven Huynh and Claire Kwon will reprise their Broadway roles as the MAYBE HAPPY ENDING North American tour launches in Baltimore on September 13, 2026, with over 30 additional cities to follow.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 3, 2026
Single tickets for the 10th anniversary tour of WAITRESS will go on sale for two performances at the Peoria Civic Center, kicking off the Ameren Illinois Broadway in Peoria Series.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Diane Paulus has written 3 shows including The Donkey Show: A Midsummer Night's Disco (Creator), Eli's Comin' (Playwright), Swimming with Watermelons (Conceiver).
Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Masquerade, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Jagged Little Pill, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Jagged Little Pill, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Pippin, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Pippin, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Pippin, Founders Award for Excellence in Directing (Drama League Awards), Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Hair, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Hair and Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Hair.
Diane Paulus has won the Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for her work on Jagged Little Pill. Additionally, she received the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing from the Drama League Awards.
