""Going from sepia tone in Dorothy's house to technicolor when she enters into Munchkinland that's one of the most magical transitions that I can remember," he says. Tazewell worked to capture the same magic in Wicked: For Good. When Glinda descends from her bubble in iridescent blue and lavender, or when Elphaba sweeps through the sky for the first time in a weathered trench coat and trousers, their clothes are an integral part of the story, telling us who these women have become."
"For more than 30 years, Tazewell's designs for Broadway, TV and film have shaped how we see stories, from the worn revolutionary textures of Hamilton to the saturated palette of West Side Story. Earlier this year, he made history as the first Black man to win the Academy Award for costume design for his work on the first Wicked film. But for Tazewell, his work with textiles began decades earlier, when his mom taught him to sew when he was 9."
Paul Tazewell has long been enchanted by Oz and Munchkinland, shaped by childhood Easter viewings of The Wizard of Oz and its sepia-to-technicolor transition. He aims to recreate that magic through costume, using garments to reveal character transformation, such as Glinda's iridescent descent and Elphaba's weathered flying attire. Tazewell considers costume design a form of silent storytelling that complements performances. His three-decade career across Broadway, TV, and film includes textures for Hamilton and the saturated palette of West Side Story. He became the first Black man to win an Academy Award for costume design for Wicked, building skills learned from sewing with his mother at age nine.
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