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Biography
Diane Marie Paulus is an American theater and opera director who is currently the Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University. Paulus was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for her revivals of Hair and The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, and won the award in 2013 for her revival of Pippin. In 2025, Paulus directed Masquerade, an immersive production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera at the former site of Lee's Art Shop. Most recently, Masquerade earned Paulus a 2026 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Creative Collaboration.
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Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Direction of a Musical · 2013
- Drama League Award
- Tony Award — Best Direction of a Musical · 2012 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Direction of a Musical · 2009 · nominated
