Juanita Drama * Posted Saturday, Feb 13, for the week of Monday, February 22, 2021
Paul Tazewell, Costume Designer for Hamilton
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The Monday Letter this week features the creative talent of two Black costume designers: Paul Tazewell (pictured) and Jerome Lamaar. Here is an except from the source article (link below):
Over a tenure of 25+ years, Paul Tazewell has brought his magic touch to every production he’s been part of, so it’s no surprise that this man has won both a Tony and an Emmy. He’s been behind some of Broadways and television’s buzziest shows, including Hamilton and The Color Purple. More recently, Paul created costumes for the play Ain’t Too Proud—the Life and Time of The Temptations, the film Harriet, which hits theaters this November, and is currently on set for Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of West Side Story. In the Q&A ahead, he dives into his career, accolades, and what costume designing means to him.
INTERVIEWER: In layman's terms, what goes into creating costumes for a show? Are you designing the costumes yourself, are you pulling them from collections or vintage shops? What does that process really look like for you?
MR. TAZEWELL: "Well, it depends on the needs of the show. With a musical or Broadway show, those costumes are rarely rented ever because of the wear and tear of the show. I’ve done a lot of time-period shows, and the costumes for those shows are custom created in independent shops around New York and around the country. For film, it can be a combination of creating or curating, but it depends. Like for West Side story, there are scenes where we might have 400 people that are all in the background, that are all extras, so there’s not the need to build all of those costumes, so there are costume house that we rent from—but even with that, they’re fit, and I approve each of the looks. Then, my challenge beyond that is to design costumes that fit into the main character's role, to ensure the costumes we are using from the rental houses marry with what we are actually building and the story we are trying to tell."
Intrigued? Click on the llink to learn more about Costume Design!
https://www.whowhatwear.com/broadway-costume-designers/slide2
In our Theatre classes this week:
6th Period: The Magic of Gobos!
7th Period: Hamlet (Flipgrid Monologues due Monday by 9am!)
8th Period: MCM! Back to group reads! Can't wait! Don't miss class!
Looking forward to classes!
Questions? Just ask!!
Take care (virtual HUGS!)
Mac @ emcmurray-hauk@lwsd.org
Elizabeth McMurray-Hauk, MTS, CTE
Juanita Theatre Director
The Monday Letter this week features the creative talent of two Black costume designers: Paul Tazewell (pictured) and Jerome Lamaar. Here is an except from the source article (link below):
Over a tenure of 25+ years, Paul Tazewell has brought his magic touch to every production he’s been part of, so it’s no surprise that this man has won both a Tony and an Emmy. He’s been behind some of Broadways and television’s buzziest shows, including Hamilton and The Color Purple. More recently, Paul created costumes for the play Ain’t Too Proud—the Life and Time of The Temptations, the film Harriet, which hits theaters this November, and is currently on set for Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of West Side Story. In the Q&A ahead, he dives into his career, accolades, and what costume designing means to him.
INTERVIEWER: In layman's terms, what goes into creating costumes for a show? Are you designing the costumes yourself, are you pulling them from collections or vintage shops? What does that process really look like for you?
MR. TAZEWELL: "Well, it depends on the needs of the show. With a musical or Broadway show, those costumes are rarely rented ever because of the wear and tear of the show. I’ve done a lot of time-period shows, and the costumes for those shows are custom created in independent shops around New York and around the country. For film, it can be a combination of creating or curating, but it depends. Like for West Side story, there are scenes where we might have 400 people that are all in the background, that are all extras, so there’s not the need to build all of those costumes, so there are costume house that we rent from—but even with that, they’re fit, and I approve each of the looks. Then, my challenge beyond that is to design costumes that fit into the main character's role, to ensure the costumes we are using from the rental houses marry with what we are actually building and the story we are trying to tell."
Intrigued? Click on the llink to learn more about Costume Design!
https://www.whowhatwear.com/broadway-costume-designers/slide2
In our Theatre classes this week:
6th Period: The Magic of Gobos!
7th Period: Hamlet (Flipgrid Monologues due Monday by 9am!)
8th Period: MCM! Back to group reads! Can't wait! Don't miss class!
Looking forward to classes!
Questions? Just ask!!
Take care (virtual HUGS!)
Mac @ emcmurray-hauk@lwsd.org
Elizabeth McMurray-Hauk, MTS, CTE
Juanita Theatre Director
