Buchtel High School Graduate Paul Tazewell Follows up Historic Oscar Win with His 2nd Tony

Paul Tazewell’s Tony Win Honors Legacy and Lifts Up the Next Generation

At the 78th Tony Awards, acclaimed costume designer Paul Tazewell added another prestigious honor to his groundbreaking career, winning the Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for his work in Death Becomes Her. Speaking with GLAAD’s Tony Morrison backstage on the Tony Awards Winners Walk, Tazewell reflected on what he hopes his [...] The post A Tony Award Win and a Message: Paul Tazewell Legacy and Making Space for Black Queer Creati…

Costume Designer Paul Tazewell on Winning a Tony and Oscar Within Months: ‘This Black, Queer Little Boy in Akron, Ohio Had No Idea He Would Have the Year That He Had’

Costume Designer Paul Tazewell on winning an Oscar and Tony in the same year. "This Black, Queer Little Boy in Akron, Ohio had no idea he would have the year that he had."

Buchtel High School graduate Paul Tazewell follows up historic Oscar win with his 2nd Tony

The Akron native and Buchtel High School graduate is just the second person in history to win both an Oscar and a Tony for costume design in the same year.

Paul Tazewell makes awards history again, becomes only 2nd costume designer to win Oscar and Tony in same year

Three months after making history as the first Black man to win the Oscar for Best Costume Design for his work on Wicked, Paul Tazewell scored the Tony Award on Sunday for Best Costume Design of a Musical for Death Becomes Her. That makes him just the second person in history to win an Oscar and Tony for costume design in the same calendar year. "Having been a part of Death Becomes Her and creating a piece of theater where people can be laughing…