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Tazewell has designed Broadway shows, theatre, film and television, dance, and opera for over 25 years. Starting his Broadway career with Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk directed by George C. Wolfe, he has since designed the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning Hamilton; Escape to Margaritaville; Summer; In the Heights; The Color Purple (2005); Dr. Zhivago; Memphis; Caroline, or Change; Elaine Stritch at Liberty; Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam; Lombardi; Magic/Bird; Side Show; A Streetcar Named Desire; Jesus Christ Superstar; Guys and Dolls; A Raisin in the Sun; and On the Town. In 2016, he received both a Tony Award®, for Hamilton, and an Emmy Award, for "The Wiz Live!" (NBC). Recent television work: "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" (HBO) starring Oprah Winfrey and "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" (NBC) featuring John Legend for which he received an Emmy nomination. He has been nominated for the Tony Award® six times, has received the Princess Grace Statue Award, Henry Hewes Design Award, two Lucille Lortel Awards, four Helen Hayes Awards, and the TDF Irene Sharaff Young Master Award. His costume work has been photographed for Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone, and The Bloomberg Design Issue, and he is a featured artist in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's web series The Artist Project and the companion book by Phaidon. He currently lives in New York City with his husband and their dog, Harpo.

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Paul Tazewell 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


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BroadwayWorld Awards - 2016 - Best Costume Design

Paul Tazewell, Hamilton


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Tony Awards - 2016 - Best Costume Design of a Musical

Paul Tazewell, Hamilton

Drama Desk Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Costume Design

Paul Tazewell, Hamilton


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Helen Hayes Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Costume Design, HAYES Production

Paul TazewellSide Show

Olivier Awards - 2015 - Best Costume Design

Paul TazewellMemphis The Musical


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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


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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


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Helen Hayes Awards - 1999 - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production

Paul TazewellPeer Gynt


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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


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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

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Photos: Stars Walk the Red Carpet at the Drama Desk Awards

Winners for the 2024 Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced last night at NYU Skirball Center. Tony Award Winners Sutton Foster and Aaron Tveit hosted the ceremony. Check out photos from the red carpet here!
Photos: Backstage with the Drama Desk Awards Winners

Check out photos from backstage with the winners of the 2024 Drama Desk Awards!
2024 Drama Desk Awards Winners- The Full List

The best of Broadway and off-Broadway came together for the 68th Annual Drama Desk Awards, which were held at The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
SUFFS Releases New Block of Tickets Through January 5

Suffs has released a new block of tickets on sale now! Tickets for the 6x Tony-nominated musical are now on sale through January 5, 2025.
Listen: SUFFS Original Broadway Cast Recording is Available Now

Suffs (Original Broadway Cast Recording), the official musical companion to the 6x Tony Award-nominated new musical from award-winning singer-songwriter Shaina Taub, is available now! Listen to the full album here!
SUFFS on Broadway- A Complete Guide

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Broadway By Design: SUFFS

We continue with the creatives from the six-time Tony-nominated Suffs- Scenic Designer Riccardo Hernández, Lighting Designer Lap Chi Chu, Sound Designer Jason Crystal, and Costume Designer Paul Tazewell.
Video/Photos: Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, Michelle Williams & More in DEATH BECOMES HER

Get a first look at all-new photos and videos of the World Premiere of DEATH BECOMES HER at Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre, now on stage for a limited five-week engagement.
Video: The Cast of SUFFS Performs 'G.A.B.'

Suffs, the new Broadway musical now in performances at the Music Box Theatre, has shared its first official onstage clip of the musical number “G.A.B.”, which stands for Great American Bitch. Check out the video here!
Shaina Taub Reveals Voice Notes from the SUFFS Songwriting Journey

Suffs' book writer and lyricist Shaina Taub recently shared voice note recordings from the writing process. Hear how the musical evolved into what it is today.
DEATH BECOMES HER Will Open at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre This Fall

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Norm Lewis, Myles Frost, and More to Be Honored at NAACP Theatre Awards

The NAACP Theatre Awards has revealed the honorees for the 30th Annual Awards Ceremony, taking place on June 3rd in Los Angeles.
SUFFS' Ally Bonino Takes Over Our Instagram Today

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Photos: First Look At Pre-Broadway DEATH BECOMES HER in Chicago

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Video: HAMILTON Singapore Cast Take Their First Bows and More!

Global hit 'Hamilton,' a Pulitzer Prize-winning musical by Lin Manuel-Miranda, marks the last stop of its first international tour at the Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands. Featuring a formidable cast picked from various “Hamilton” productions worldwide, it runs until June 9, 2024, with the best seats still available on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and Sunday matinees.
SUFFS�"Suffragists, Fighting for Voting Rights Regardless of Sex�"Brings History to Broadway

“A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down,” according to Disney’s “Mary Poppins.” The same thing seems to go for politics and the arts, if you look at things like the new musical SUFFS, which is being given a bang-up production these days at the Music Box theatre on West 45 off Broadway about the fight by suffragists for the right to vote, regardless of sex. The other night, the Working Families Party—which works outside the usual two-party political system with individuals, and partners in unions, community organizations and social movements—held a talkback joined by several of SUFFS' creative team, talking about how theatre and other arts forms are bringing history and current events to a broader audience by being entertaining as well as newsworthy.

Paul Tazewell FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Paul Tazewell been nominated for?

Paul Tazewell has been nominated for several awards for his outstanding costume design work. These nominations include Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Suffs," Best Costume Design of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Suffs," "MJ The Musical," and "Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations." He was also nominated for Best Costume Design at the Olivier Awards and BroadwayWorld Awards for "Hamilton." Additionally, Tazewell received nominations for Best Costume Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for "A Streetcar Named Desire" and Best Costume Design of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Memphis." His nominations also include Outstanding Costume Design at the Drama Desk Awards for "Hamilton" and various nominations at the Helen Hayes Awards for productions like "Side Show," "Carnival!," "Camelot," "The Women," "Peer Gynt," "Blithe Spirit," "The Matchmaker," "The Revenger's Comedies," "The Odyssey," "The African Company Presents 'Richard III'," "The Way of the World," and "The Caucasian Chalk Circle."

What awards has Paul Tazewell won?

Paul Tazewell has won several awards for his costume design work, including Best Costume Design in the BroadwayWorld Awards for Hamilton, Best Costume Design of a Musical at the Tony Awards for Hamilton, Outstanding Costume Design in the HAYES Production category at the Helen Hayes Awards for Side Show, Outstanding Costume Design at The Lortels for Hamilton and On the Town, and Outstanding Costume Design in the Resident Production category at the Helen Hayes Awards for Camelot, Peer Gynt, and The African Company Presents "Richard III."

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