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This is fresh air. I'm Tanya Mosley.

In Wicked for Good, when Glinda descends from her bubble and iridescent blue and lavender,

or when Elphabah sweeps through the sky for the first time in a weathered trench coat in trousers, their looks aren't just dazzling us.

They're an integral part of the story, telling us who these women have become and the choices

they've made. My guest today, costume designer Paul Taswell, is one of the visual architects

of that world. For more than 30 years, his designs across Broadway, television, and film have shaped how we see stories, from the worn revolutionary textures of Hamilton to the saturated palette of West Side Story.

Tazwell won the Academy Award last year for his work on Wicked, and during his acceptance speech, he paused to acknowledge the significance of that moment.

I'm the first black man to receive a costume design award for my work on Wicked.

Thank you. my work on Richard. I'm so proud of this.

Thank you, Mom and Emma, so much.

Thank you everyone in the UK for all of your beautiful work.

I could not have done this without you. My Ozzy and muses,

Cynthia and Ariana, I love you so much. All the other cast, thank you, thank you, thank you,

for trusting me with bringing your characters to life. This is everything. Tazwell's work now continues in the next

chapter of the Wicked Universe with Wicked for Good, which picks up where the first film left off.

Elphaba, played by Cynthia Arrivo, is now on the run, branded as the Wicked Witch, while Glinda,

played by Ariana Grande, rises as the

face of a new Oz. The film also stars Jonathan Bailey, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeo, and Jeff Goldblum

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