Becoming the first Black man to win an Oscar for costume design last year was a “pinch me moment” for Wicked ‘s Paul Tazewell .

“To see how my work has touched audience’s hearts, how it fills another chapter of the overall Wizard of Oz culture, is life-changing,” he tells THR .

The costumer technically touched two chapters of the Oz legacy, as his designs are once again showcased in this year’s sequel, Wicked: For Good , which sees its heroine, Elphaba ( Cynthia Erivo ), resume her quest to restore animal rights and expose the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) as a fraud.

Becoming the first Black man to win an Oscar for costume design last year was a “pinch me moment” for Wicked ‘s Paul Tazewell .

“To see how my work has touched audience’s hearts, how it fills another chapter of

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