

Other theatre work includes The Green Bird (New Victory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse and the Cort Theater on Broadway) Titus Andronicus, The Tempest and The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre for a New Audience) Juan Darién (Music-Theatre Group) co-adapter and director of The Transposed Heads (Lincoln Center and American Music Theatre Festival) and Liberty’s Taken (Castle Hill Festival).


Taymor made her Broadway debut in 1996 with Juan Darién: A Carnival Mask (Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater), nominated for five Tony® Awards. It also garnered Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League awards for Taymor’s direction, and myriad awards for her original costume, mask and puppet designs. In 2008, the musical won three Molière Awards including Best Musical and Best Costumes. Julie won the 1998 Tony® Award for Best Direction of a Musical and for Best Costumes for The Lion King.
