Tony-, Oscar-, and Emmy-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell will be honored at TDF's spring benefit Costumes & Cocktails, set to be held at TAO Downtown April 13, 2026. Tazewell will be honored with the TDF/Irene Sharaff Award for Sustained Excellence in Costume Design.

Also being honored at the event will be costume designer Jennifer Moeller, receiving the Ascending Artist Award; hair and wig designer Tom Watson, receiving the Artisan Award; and scenic and costume designer John Macfarlane, receiving The Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatrical Design.

“TDF’s first-ever Costumes & Cocktails was such a fun and fabulous celebration of our community, we couldn’t wait to do it again,” says TDF Executive Director Deeksha Gaur in a statement. "We're thrilled to fete this extraordinary group of Irene Sharaff Award honorees and to celebrate the TDF Costume Collection and its profound impact on our community. We hope you will join us in raising a glass and continuing our mission of making theatre accessible for all."

Tazewell's design work spreads across stage and screen, with credits including the two-part film version of the musical Wicked, Off-Broadway's current revival of Anna Christie, and Broadway's Hamilton and Death Becomes Her.

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