THEATER

After apprenticing with the Royal Shakespeare Company in England and directing in New York City for over a decade, Paul Lazarus served as the Artistic Director of the historic Pasadena Playhouse in the early nineties. He has directed over 80 plays and musicals, mostly new work, in such prominent theaters as The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theater Club, Circle Rep, The Actors Studio, La Mama ETC, and The Goodspeed Opera House.

HIGHLIGHTS

HOLLYWOOD BOWL, LA
STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S 75TH: A CONCERT
Starring Jason Alexander, Warren Beatty, Carol Burnett, Len Cariou, Barbara Cook, Josh Groban, Anne Hathaway, Angela Lansbury, Marin Mazzie, Audra McDonald, Eric McCormack, Bernadette Peters, Barbra Streisand, Elaine Stritch, Vanessa Williams and Stephen Sondheim
LOS ANGELES THEATER WORKS, LA
A TALE OF CHARLES DICKENS by Janet Dulin Jones and Paul Lazarus
Featuring The Antaeus Theatre Company
CORONET THEATER, LA
THE 24TH DAY
Starring Noah Wyle and Peter Berg
Six LA Dramalogue Awards and four LA Ovation Award Nominations
LUCILLE LORTEL, NY
CAMPING WITH HENRY AND TOM by Mark St. Germain
Starring Robert Prosky, Ken Howard, John Cunningham
Winner: Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards
MINETTA LANE THEATER, NY
PERSONALS by David Crane & Marta Kauffman & Seth Friedman
Music by Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken
Starring Jason Alexander, Dee Hoty, Nancy Opel
Drama Desk Nomination for Best Director

NEW YORK THEATER CREDITS

LUCILLE LORTEL THEATER
CAMPING WITH HENRY AND TOM by Mark St. Germain
Starring Robert Prosky, Ken Howard, John Cunningham
Winner: Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards
MINETTA LANE THEATER
PERSONALS by David Crane & Marta Kauffman & Seth Friedman
Music by Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken
Starring Jason Alexander, Dee Hoty, Nancy Opel
Drama Desk Nomination for Best Director
CIRCLE REPERTORY COMPANY
CAVE LIFE by David Rappaport
LINCOLN CENTER, Avery Fisher Hall
FOLLIES IN CONCERT
With Carol Burnett, Lee Remick & Mandy Patinkin
Associate Director/RCA Recording/Televised by PBS
MANHATTAN THEATER CLUB
THE PRODUCTION COMPANY
HARRY RUBY'S 'SONGS MY MOTHER NEVER SANG’
Also Co-Conceiver
MANHATTAN PUNCH LINE
EPIC PROPORTIONS by Larry Coen & David Crane
SEX LIVES OF SUPERHEROES by Stephen Gregg
Starring Gregg Germann & Barry Miller
LINCOLN CENTER and COMPOSER'S SHOWCASE, Alice Tully Hall
A LEONARD BERNSTEIN SONG CELEBRATION
With Linda Lavin, Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Also Co-Producer
A MARK BLITZSTEIN TRIBUTE
With Leonard Bernstein, John Houseman & Patti LuPone
Also Co-Producer
RICHARD PEASLEE'S THEATER SONGS & BIG JAZZ BAND
With Peter Schickele & Martha Clarke
Also Co-Producer
PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS
REARRANGING DECK CHAIRS by Bill Boardman
Songs by Ed Kleban, Stephen Schwartz & Alan Menken
Also Co-Conceiver
JULLIARD DRAMA SCHOOL
JUNE MOON by Ring Lardner & George S. Kaufman
With John Benjamin Hickey and Jane Adams

LINCOLN CENTER INSTITUTE, Julliard School Opera Stage
ANTIGONE by Jean Anouilh
Also tour
SCOOTER THOMAS by Peter Parnell
With William H. Macy & Peter Frechette
Also tour
LA MAMA E.T.C.
BARNUMS LAST LIFE by Richard Ploetz
COMPOSER'S SHOWCASE, The Whitney Museum
A STEPHEN SONDHEIM EVENING
With Angela Lansbury, George Hearn & Stephen Sondheim
RCA Recording, Grammy nomination
LAMB'S THEATER COMPANY, Lamb's Theater
JOHNNY PYE AND THE FOOLKILLER by Mark St. Germain & Randy Courts
CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY
THE DIVINE ORLANDO by William Luce
THE WESTERN WIND SONGBOOK: A CABARET
Also tour
THE ACTORS STUDIO
GRAY SPADES by William T. O'Neil
Starring Michael Jeter
THEATERWORKS USA, Promenade Theater and Town Hall
RAPUNZEL by David Crane, Marta Kauffman & Michael Skloff
With Judy Kuhn
Also national tour
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES by Ahrens & Flaherty
Also national tour

REGIONAL THEATER

PASADENA PLAYHOUSE, Pasadena, CA
BILOXI BLUES by Neil Simon
THE PEOPLE VS. MONA by Jim Wann
CORONET THEATER, Los Angeles, CA
THE 24TH DAY by Anthony Piccirillo
PASADENA PLAYHOUSE, Pasadena, CA
BERKSHIRE THEATER FESTIVAL, Stockbridge, MA
CAMPING WITH HENRY AND TOM by Mark St. Germain
ALLIANCE THEATER COMPANY, Atlanta, GA
BLESSE' by Cindy Lou Johnson
GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE, New Brunswick, NJ
JOHNNY PYE AND THE FOOLKILLER by Mark St. Germain & Randy Courts
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
LIFE CLASS – THE LAST LESSON OF THOMAS EAKINS by Jon Klein
KENNEDY CENTER, Terrace Theater, Washington, DC
AMERICAN MUSIC THEATER FESTIVAL, Mandell Theater, Philadelphia, PA
LET FREEDOM SING – A Political Revue
Also Co-Conceiver
GEVA THEATER, Rochester, NY
A PIECE OF MY HEART by Shirley Lauro
PIONEER THEATER COMPANY, Salt Lake City, UT
WEST SIDE STORY by Sondheim & Bernstein
ANYTHING GOES by Cole Porter
CINCINNATI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC – Cincinnati, OH
GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER by Howard Ashman & Alan Menken
DARTMOUTH SUMMER REPERTORY, Hanover, NH
HOT L BALTIMORE by Lanford Wilson
WORKING by Stephen Schwartz
PASADENA PLAYHOUSE, Los Angeles, CA
GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE, East Haddam, CT
AMERICAN STAGE FESTIVAL, Milford, NH
DORSET THEATER FESTIVAL, Dorset, VT
HUNTINGTON THEATER COMPANY, Boston, MA
YOU NEVER KNOW by Cole Porter and Paul Lazarus
With Megan Mullally, Donna McKechnie, David Garrison & Harry Groener
AMERICAN MUSIC THEATER FESTIVAL, Philadelphia, PA
AN EVENING WITH STEPHEN SONDHEIM AND FRIENDS
WOODSTOCK OPERA HOUSE, Woodstock, IL
THE BAKERS WIFE by Stephen Schwartz & Joseph Stein
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, London & Stratford-upon-Avon, England
HENRY V & HENRY VI parts 1, 2 & 3
Apprentice director