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Paul Tazewell

Paul Tazewell

Known For Costume & Make-Up
Birthday None (None)
Birthplace Akron, Ohio, USA
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated Dec 14, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 ma ... de 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Tazewell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Dish

The Dish

2026

Costume Design

Wicked: For Good

Wicked: For Good

2025

Costume Design

Wicked

Wicked

2024

Costume Design

Mr. Saturday Night

Mr. Saturday Night

2022

Costume Design

West Side Story

West Side Story

2021

Costume Design

Hamilton

Hamilton

2020

Costume Design

Harriet

Harriet

2019

Costume Design

Memphis

Memphis

2011

Costume Design

Elaine Stritch at Liberty

Elaine Stritch at Liberty

2004

Costume Design

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Today with Hoda & Jenna

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 08, 2019

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

Project Runway

as Self - Guest Mentor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 01, 2004

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