Paul Lazar

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Paul Lazar (1993)

Paul Lazar (born before 1983) is an American actor and theater director . He is a co-founder of the New York Big Dance Theater .

Life

Lazar was initially active at the theater in New York. As a member of the Irondale theater group , he met his future wife Annie-B Parson in 1983 , with whom he worked on numerous productions.

Since 1983 he has also appeared in the first film and television productions. He worked repeatedly with director Jonathan Demme , who cast him in his films The Mafiosi Bride , The Silence of the Lambs , Philadelphia , Human Child , The Manchurian Candidate and Rachel's Wedding .

In 1991 Lazar founded the Big Dance Theater in Brooklyn with Annie-B Parson and Molly Hickok . Lazar and Parsons are co-directors of the theater. Lazar has directed several productions and appears there regularly as an actor.

He also teaches drama at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University . He has previously lectured at Yale University , Rutgers University , William Esper Studio and Michael Howard Studio.

Lazar and Parson have one son and live in New York City.

Filmography (selection)

Theater (selection)

actor

  • 1997: The Hairy Ape (Selwyn Theater, New York City)
  • 1999: Mud and Drowning (Peter Norton Space, New York City)
  • 2004: Svejk (The Duke on 42nd Street, New York City)
  • 2005: The False Servant (East 13th Street / CSC Theater, New York City)
  • 2007: Richard III (East 13th Street / CSC Theater, New York City)
  • 2011: Three Sisters (East 13th Street / CSC Theater, New York City)
  • 2017: Samara (Soho Rep Theater, New York City)
  • 2018: Peace for Mary Frances (Pershing Square Signature Center / The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater, New York City)
  • 2019: The Crucible (Connelly Theater, New York City)

Director

  • 1996: Don Juan Comes Back from the War (East 13th Street / CSC Theater, New York City)
  • 2004: Antigone (East 13th Street / CSC Theater, New York City)
  • 2009: An Oresteia (East 13th Street / CSC Theater, New York City)
  • 2013: We're Gonna Die (Claire Tow Theater, New York City)

Web links

Commons : Paul Lazar  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Haskell : Big Dance Theater . In: BOMB 101, autumn 2007
  2. ↑ a b Claudia La Rocco: Husband and Wife, Marrying Art Forms . In: New York Times, September 25, 2009
  3. ↑ Paul Lazar at tisch.nyu.edu, accessed on December 13, 2016
  4. ↑ Directors at bigdancetheater.org, accessed December 13, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Lazar, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH before 1983