Diane Paulus is the Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, and was selected for the 2014 TIME 100, TIME Magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. She is an American director of both theater and opera. Paulus was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for her revival of Hair, and won the award in 2013 for her revival of Pippin. In 2015, Paulus directed the new musical Waitress, based on the 2007 film of the same name, written by Adrienne Shelly. The music was written by six-time Grammy Award nominated singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles. The musical was nominated for four Tony Awards and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.

Listen in to our chat to hear where her journey to “it” status as a Director began and . . .

How her “there are no rules” attitude was the key to her early success . . . in a garden.

How she maintains that attitude on Broadway, where there is nothing BUT rules.

Where she learned what the “people” thought mattered more than what the critics thought.

The most challenging part of being the Artistic Director of a regional theater like ART.

How growing up in NYC shaped her style.

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