Director
American
Diane Paulus is an American theatre director of commanding vision whose audacious reimaginings of classic musicals—from Hair to Jagged Little Pill—have redefined the contemporary Broadway musical, earning her a Tony Award and the artistic directorship of American Repertory Theater.
Defining moments and milestones
Diane Paulus emerged as a transformative directorial voice through her 2002 Public Theater production of Hair, which transferred to Broadway and won the 2009 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, establishing her as a director capable of excavating radical political meaning from canonical works. Over the subsequent two decades, she has directed a succession of acclaimed musicals—Pippin, Waitress, and Jagged Little Pill—while simultaneously serving as Artistic Director of American Repertory Theater, creating a dual practice that has positioned her as one of the most influential theatre directors in contemporary American performance.
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Hair (2009)
Recordings featuring Diane Paulus in the Society index
Additional recordings will appear here as the catalog expands.