Tony and Academy Award-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell recently appeared on an episode of Jeopardy! Masters, offering ...

The Native Son Awards were created by media professional and professor Emil Wilbekin as an extension of his Native Son ...

"Theater-making is about the impossible," says Paul Tazewell. The legendary costume designer - who earlier this year made ...

It didn't take an act of Ozian magic for "Wicked" costume designer Paul Tazewell to make Oscars history. Tazewell, who helped bring the fantastical world of Elphaba and Glinda to life through his ...

Tazewell has swept the season scooping up the BAFTA, Critics Choice and Costume Designers Guild awards along the way. He was also named one of Variety’s 10 artisans to watch in costume design ...

“Wicked” costume designer Paul Tazewell is honored that stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo loved their costumes so much they took some of them home. Grande and Erivo confessed they had ...

Paul Tazewell recently made history as the first Black man to win the Oscar for Best Costume Design for his work on Wicked.Now, he's currently the frontrunner to win Best Costume Design of a ...

The costume designer's journey began in the Midwest. "We would sleep outside and behind our house in Akron, Ohio, and dream about what our lives would be as adults," Tazewell reflected.

Wicked directed by Jon M. Chu is the prequel story to the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, the film set to be released Friday explores the real-world ...

Below we speak with Paul Tazewell about creating the exquisite costumes for Wicked, working with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, and his new collaboration with Target. ESSENCE.com: What inspired ...

Paul Tazewell has just made “Wicked” and Oscar history after taking home an Academy Award. Tazwell just became the first Black man in history to win an Oscar for costume design. A native of ...