Creativity with Paul Tazewell, Nina Cinelli, and Adekunle Gold

Paul Tazewell has been designing costumes for Broadway, Regional Theater, Film and Television, Dance, and Opera Productions for close to thirty years.

He began his Broadway career with the groundbreaking musical, ‘Bring in Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk, directed by George C. Wolfe.

Most recently, Paul is known for his work with both of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award winning, Original Broadway productions of Hamilton and In the Heights. Additionally, you can see his work at the Metropolitan Opera’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones, the Met's first performance of an opera by a Black composer, and the upcoming Broadway production of MJ: The Musical.

Other Broadway credits include: Ain’t Too Proud; The Color Purple; Dr Zhivago; Memphis; Caroline, or Change; Elaine Stritch at Liberty; Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam; Lombardi, and Magic/Bird. Revival work includes Side Show; A Streetcar Named Desire; Jesus Christ Superstar; Guys and Dolls; A Raisin in the Sun, and On the Town.

In the United States and across the globe, Paul has designed for such renowned companies as The Metropolitan Opera, The Bolshoi Ballet, The English National Opera, Theatre du Chatelet, The Public Theater, The National Theater, The Kennedy Center, The Guthrie Theater, Arena Stage, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, and many more.

Paul’s Feature Film credits include: Harriet for Focus Features, Hamilton for Disney+ and the yet to be released West Side Story, directed by Steven Spielberg. TV credits include the HBO Original Film: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks starring Oprah Winfrey, and both The Wiz! Live, and Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert for NBC.

In 2016, he received an Emmy Award for NBC’s The Wiz! Live, as well as a Tony Award for Hamilton. Other notable honors include two Lucille Lortel Awards, four Helen Hayes Awards, a Princess Grace Foundation Fellowship, and The Princess Grace Statue Award.

Paul holds a MFA from New York University and a BFA from North Carolina School of the Arts. He has been privileged instructing students as a guest artist at both New York University and North Carolina School of the Arts. From 2003-2006, he held a faculty position at Carnegie Mellon University.

He currently lives in New York City.

Nina Cinelli is an artist and a wardrobe supervisor for film and television with a specialty in period costume.

Her art background of sculpture and textiles led her to the visual and tactile world of costumes. Nina has a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a MFA from the Artisanry Program at University of Massachusetts.

Besides overseeing large productions, Nina keeps a studio art practice in New York City.

Nina lives with her husband and two children in Brooklyn.

Adekunle Gold is a Nigerian born and bred Afropop artist with a wholesome spirit, native roots and music that speaks to the world. He gained recognition from his very first release, "Sade'; a love song which sampled the instrumental from One Direction's "Story of My Life'; just two weeks after the release of "Sade" on December 19 ,2014, Adekunle was contacted by one of Africa's biggest acts, Ola mi de, to join his music imprint for two years, YBNL.

Adekunle hit the ground running, releasing three songs, "Orente'; "Pick Up" and "Ready'; in the run up to the release of his debut album, "Gold''. Released on July 25, 2016, "Gold" debuted at number 7 on the Billboard World Albums Chart, with all of its singles breaking African radio.

AG won several awards including Afrima's "Revelation of the Year Africa" in 2015. In 2018, Adekunle released his sophomore album "About 30" with hit singles like "Call One Me'; "Money" and "Ire''. The album made it to the consideration list on the Best World Album Category at the 2019 Grammy Awards creating international acclaim and introducing AG to a global audience.

In March 2019, Adekunle Gold released the genre bending, international hit record "Before You Wake Up" expanding on his vision to blend Afrobeat and Pop music, creating his signature fusion, "AfroPop'; appropriately also the title he has placed on his debut album due Summer 2020.