About
Paul Tazewell
Overview
Paul Tazewell is an American costume designer for the theatre, dance, and opera and television. After training at New York University Tisch School of the Arts he started his career on Broadway. He went on to win a Tony Award and a Emmy Award as well as a nomination for an Academy Award.
Tazewell made his Broadway debut as a costume designer with Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk in 1996. He went on to receive the Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton (2016). His other Tony-nominated works include The Color Purple (2006), In the Heights (2008), Memphis (2010), A Streetcar Named Desire (2012), Ain't Too Proud (2019), MJ (2022), and Suffs (2024).
He is also the first African American male costume designer to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, for his work on Steven Spielberg's 2021 film version of West Side Story. He received a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on The Wiz Live! (2016).
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Known for
Acting |
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| 2025 | Reclaim the Flag | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Making Wicked | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2024 | Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
Costume & Make-Up |
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| 2026 | The Dish | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | Wicked: For Good | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | Hamilton | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 75 Good |
| 2024 | Wicked | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 67 Fair |
| 2024 | Death Becomes Her | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Mr. Saturday Night | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | West Side Story | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 67 Fair |
| 2019 | Harriet | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 67 Fair |
| 2017 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Gounod: Faust | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Designer | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | Memphis | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 58 Average |
| 2009 | The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Designer | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Elaine Stritch at Liberty | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 59 Average |