October 16, 2009
Paul has been commissioned by Broadway Across America to pen the book for the new musical Finding Robert Hutchens, music and lyrics by Nick Blaemire.
September 26, 2009
Paul takes part in a reading of the new film QWERTY .
September 23-24, 2009
Paul plays the role of Jamie in a reading of Blacken the Bubble at New York Theatre Workshop.
September 8, 2009
Paul will take part in a reading of Blacken the Bubble at New York Theatre Workshop in late September.
September 7, 2009
A reading of Paul Downs Colaizzo's Little Gives takes place at the Kennedy Center.
September 6, 2009
Really Really, a play by Paul Downs Colaizzo, is read at the Kennedy Center's Millenium Stage South. The cast features Michael Stahl-David, Krysta Rodriguez, Eddie Kay Thomas, and others.
September 6, 2009
Disney's High School Musical On Tour! closes at the Wolf Trap Theatre in Virgnia.
September 1, 2009
The cast is announced for the Kennedy Center's reading of Really Really, a play by Paul Downs Colaizzo.
August 25, 2009
The new mini-tour of Disney's High School Musical opens in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
August 15, 2009
Paul begins rehearsals for the role of Jack Scott in the new mini-tour of Disney's High School Musical.
August 10-14, 2009
Little Gives, a play by Paul Downs Colaizzo, is workshopped and presented at American University.
August 2, 2009
An informal readthrough of Little Gives, a play by Paul Downs Colaizzo, takes place at Chelsea Studios. The participating actors were Paloma Guzman, Mike Doyle, Max von Essen, Jesse Swenson, Patrick Heusinger, and Jeremiah James.
August 1, 2009
Guys Do This, Paul's original TV Pilot, is selected as a semi-finalist in the PAGE Screenwriting Awards.
July 22, 2009
Paul will play the role of JACK SCOTT in the new mini-tour of High School Musical.
July 6, 2009
Paul becomes an official member of The Dramatists' Guild.
July 2, 2009
Paul records a vocal track for the online series The Battery's Down.
June 30, 2009
Paul reads the role of Boomer in an Ensemble Studio Theatre Youngblood reading of Eli Clark's Three Million Bones.
June 19, 2009
Paul Downs Colaizzo's play Really Really will receive a reading at the Kennedy Center in early December.
June 16, 2009
Paul's original television pilot Guys Do This was selected as part of the top 25% of submissions and was moved on to the second round of judging in the PAGE awards./
WHAT'S NEW:
May 27, 2009
With the Ensemble Studio Theatre, Paul reads the role of Jake in Erica Saleh's new play Dry Den.
May 27, 2009
With the Ensemble Studio Theatre, Paul reads the role of Jake in Erica Saleh's new play Returning Home.
May 27, 2009
Shabot Shalom, a 10-minute-musical with lyrics by Benj Pasek, music by David Gaines, and book by Paul Downs Colaizzo, is read at the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop.
May 22, 2009
Paul begins collaborating on videos honoring the Do Something award winners at DoSomething.org
May 4, 2009
Paul switches to Stewart Talent for Legit Representation.
May 1, 2009
A private reading of Paul's new play Little Gives takes place at Chelsea Studios.
The cast includes Matt Doyle, Max Von Essen, Anderw C Call, Kether Donohue, Lee Sellars and Paris Remillard.
April 29, 2009
Paul takes part in the GO GREEN reading series - the first ever paperless reading - with the Collective Theatre Company at Dixon Place.
April 15, 2009
Little Gives, a new play by Paul Downs Colaizzo, will receive a reading at the Kennedy Center in Early September 2009.
March 16, 2009
Paul lends his voice to the dosomething,com Public Service Announcement in response to the Chris Brown / Rhianna abuse.
March 6, 2009
Cubby Bernstein, featuring Adam Riegler, Paul Downs Colaizzo, Cynthia Nixon, Nathan Lane, Patti Lupone and others is released on DVD. It can be purchased at Amazon.com.
March 2, 2009
Paul reprises his role as Zeke in High School Musical 2 at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital with Shifting Ground Productions.
February 23, 2009
Paul will be appearing as Dyllun Von Ritter at the Gershwin Theatre as part of the Broadway benefit Defying Inequality. More information at defyinginequality.com.
January 13, 2009
Paul joins on as one of the men of Unexpected Boys.
December 18, 2008
Paul switches commercial representation. He is now represented by the commercial department at Don Buchwald and Associates.
November 16, 2008
Disney's High School Musical 2 ends its limited engagement at the Fox Theatre, Atlanta's Theatre of the Stars.
November 7, 2008
Disney's High School Musical 2 opens at the Fox Theatre, Atlanta's Theatre of the Stars.
November 1, 2008
Paul's first episode of As the World Turns airs on CBS.
October 31, 2008
Disney's High School Musical 2 gets its first out of town previewin Virginia.
October 8, 2008
Paul begins rehearsals for the world premire of Disney's High School Musical 2, in which Paul is originating the role of Zeke Baylor.
October 5, 2008
Twilight in Manchego ends its run at the ATA Theater on 54th street.
September 25, 2008
Twilight in Manchego opens at the ATA Theater on 54th street.
September 16, 2008
Paul begins filiming the role of Van on As the World Turns.
September 9, 2008
Paul will play the recurring role of Van on As the World Turns.
September 4, 2008
Paul made a special appearance in Josh Halloway's LOST at The Pit.
July 30, 2008
Paul joins the cast of Twilight in Manchego at the New York Musical Theatre festival. Directed by Billy Porter. More information at nymf.org!
June 23, 2008
Paul changes representation. He is now represented by Don Buchwald & Associates for all legit work.
May 15, 2008
Paul plays Dyllun von Ritter in the web series Cubby Bernstein - episodes can be viewsed at cubbybernstein.com.
April 16, 2008
Paul will originate the role of Zeke in High School Musical 2 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta this fall.
January 14, 2008
Paul finishes his run as Perchik in The Olney Theatre Center's Fiddler on the Roof.
December 5, 2007
Due to scheduling conflicts, Paul withdraws from the cast of The Foreigner at Mill Mountain.
December 1, 2007
Fiddler on the Roof extends until January 6.
Saturday November 17, 2007
Fiddler on the Roof opens at The Olney Theatre Center in Maryland.
October 23, 2007
Paul begins rehearsal for Fiddler on the Roof at the Olney Theatre Center in Maryland, playing the role of Perchik.
September 30, 2007
The Brain from Planet X ends its run at The Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row.
September 28, 2007
Paul will take part for a second time in a reading of In This Corner by Steve Drukman, set to premiere at the Old Globe in 2008.
September 21, 2007
Paul joins the cast of The Foreigner at Mill Mountain Playhouse and will be assuming the role of Ellard in February 2008.
September 20, 2007
The Brain from Planet X opens at the Acorn Theatre.
September 12, 2007
Paul will play Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof at The Olney Theatre Center Mainstage in Maryland.
September 1, 2007
Tickets are now on sale for NYMF's The Brain from Planet X. Click here to buy!
August 22, 2007
Paul joins the cast of The Brain from Planet X, assuming the role of Rod, as part of the New York Musical Theater Festival.
August 5, 2007
Snakebit closes at the Women's Interart Theatre.
July 27, 2007
Snakebit, in which Paul plays the role of Gary, opens at the Women's Interart Theatre on 52nd Street. Show times are below.
July 14, 2007
A behind-the-scenes teaser of Viral can be seen below (with Paul appearing at the 3:28 time marking). Viral is a JoeyandDavid.com\Warner Brothers Internet Show in which Paul (barely) appears as Julliard Dancer in the pilot episode.
July 1, 2007
Tickets are on sale for Snakebit by David Marshall Grant in which Paul plays the role of Gary, opposite Todd Courson, Quinn Michael Mattfeld, and Erin Roberts at The Women's Interart Theater (500 W 52nd St.). Show dates are July 26, 27, 28 at 8PM, July 29 at 7 PM, August 2, 3, 4 at 8 PM and August 5 at 7 PM. Reservations can be made by calling 212.353.6068.
June 18, 2007
Paul will play the role of Gary in Snakebit by David Marshall Grant, which begins its run on July 26 at The Women's Interart Theater on 57th Street.
May 16, 2007
Paul joins the project of a Liz Swados piece entitled Atonement, which will take place in June. The production will take place in October of 2007.
May 10, 2007
Paul graduates from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
May 4, 2007
There is an invited reading of Really Really by Paul Downs Colaizzo featuring Keiko Greene, Xosha Roquemore, Kim Rosen, Dan Abeles, Justin Nestor, Joey Manderino, and Mycah Hogan.
May 1, 2007
Paul takes part in a reading of Steve Drukman's In This Corner.
April 30, 2007
Rehearsals begin for an invite-only reading of Really Really, a new play by Paul Downs Colaizzo.
April 28, 2007
Paul begins filming the pilot episode of Accepted, playing the role of George Spiznetti.
April 27, 2007
Paul completes his run as Magwich\Jaggers in the first National Tour of Great Expectations. He returns to New York City.
April 6, 2007
Paul signs with Kazarian, Spencer and Associates (KSA) for representation in theatre, film, and television.
April 2, 2007
Paul will play the role of George Spiznetti in the pilot episode of Accepted.
February 24, 2007
Paul shoots a spot for TLC (The Learning Channel) in New York.
February 1, 2007
Paul participates in the 6:30 PM showing of Kathleen Turner's Practical Acting showcase at The Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre.
January 27, 2007
Paul leaves New York City and begins touring with Great Expectations.
January 13, 2007
Rehearsals begin for the First National Tour of Great Expectations, directed by Will Pomerantz.
January 11, 2007
Paul joins Actor's Equity Association.
January 10, 2007
Paul will create the role of Magwich/Jaggers in the First National Tour of Great Expectations, originally produced Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theater in 2006. The tour begins January 27, 2007.
January 5, 2007
Paul will play the role of Tyler in a reading ofTrue Story: A Musical Fable in association with CAP21 at the HotINK festival on January 21, 2007.
January 1, 2007
Paul will take part in Kathleen Turner's Practical Acting Showcase at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater on February 1. For Industry Tickets, email ktmasterclass@gmail.com or call 917-677-3466.
December 21, 2006
Paul will play the role of Sam in a reading of the new musical Rainy Day People on January 15, 2007 at Playwrights Horizons Theater on 42nd Street.
December 17, 2006
Paul completes his final semester at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
December 12, 2006
Suicycle: An Attempted Theatrical Rock Experiment, written and directed by Paul Downs Colaizzo, opens at NYU's Shop Theater as presented by the Tisch School of the Arts and the Experimental Theatre Wing.
December 9, 2006
Paul sings Crazy Love in his final concert with the N'Harmonics
November 2, 2006
Suicycle: An Attempted Theatrical Rock Experiment,
a song cycle by Paul Downs Colaizzo, will be mounted in conjunction with the Tisch School of the Arts and The Experimental Theater Wing in the Shop Theater December 12-16. More details to come.
November 1, 2006
Paul plays the role of Bruce for Room5001 Theater Company's reading of Josh Gelb's The Most Learned Fool.
October 18, 2006
Hair opens at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
October 1, 2006
Paul will play the role of "Scott" in Episode 3 of the one-hour TV Drama University Place.
September 20, 2006
Paul was selected through Tisch to study acting with Two Time Tony Nominated Actress Kathleen Turner for a 6-week period. The program begins September 26.
September 13, 2006
Tickets are now on sale for the NYU Tisch Main Stage and Theater Mitu production of Hair. Click here to order your tickets.
September 5, 2006
Paul begins his final semester of training at NYU at the Experimental Theater Wing.
September 4, 2006
Paul will take part in the 10th Annual "Broadway Blessing" at St. John the Divine, singing a new song written by Liz Swados. Click here for the Playbill.com article.
August 22, 2006
Rehearsals for the Tisch Main Stage production of Hair, a collaboration with artists from Theater Mitu, begin.
June 24, 2006
Paul begins his two month study with Tisch's International Theater Workshop in Amsterdam, led by Department Head Kevin Kuhlke.
June 1, 2006
A rough cut of the 2004 film Within the Ivory Tower, in which Paul plays the lead role of Brett, is available on YouTube.com.
May 22 & 23, 2006
Paul records Taylor Mac's Red Tide Blooming with the original cast of the PS 122 production.
May 18, 2006
Paul records the demo for the musical Fat Camp, by Randy Blair and Wicked's Will Van Dyke, assuming to role of Brent, the twin brother of Britta, played by Hairspray's Tracy Jai Edwards.
May 12, 2006
Paul will be on the recordingof Taylor Mac's Red Tide Blooming, a show produced at PS 122 in April 2006.Kris Kukul music directs.
May 1 & 2, 2006
A staged reading of Last Days in Vegas, a new musical by Sophia Chapadjiev and Allison Leyton-Brown, goes up at Playwrights Horizons.
April 27, 2006
Paul has joined the cast of the Tisch Main Stage Production of Hair, directed by Ruben Polendo, to be performed at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts this Fall.
April 20, 2006
The Dybbuk opens at The Abe Burrows Theatre at The Tisch School of the Arts @ 721 Broadway.
April 11, 2006
Tickets for the Tisch Main Stage Production of The Dybbuk are available for reservation by calling (212) 998-1860. The show runs from April 20-23 @ 8 PM, April 25-28 @ 8PM, April 29 @ 2 & 8 PM.
April 8 & 9, 2006
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things runs at the First Run Film Festival.
March 15, 2006
There will be a screening of The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things in The First Run Film Festivalat the Cantor Film Center on April 8, 2006 @ 2 PM and April 9, 2006 @ 6:30 PM. Paul played the part of Will.
March 10, 2006
Paul has joined the cast of a staged reading of a new musical Last Days in Vegas playing a principal role of the Salesman. The musical, by Sophia Chapadjiev and Allison Leyton-Brown, will be presented on May 1 and 2 at Playwrights Horizons.
March 1, 2006
The Yellow Wood, a musical by Danny Larsen and Michelle Elliott, has received the Richard Rogers Award. Paul work shopped and originated the role of Casserole in the musical and is a featured soloist on the recording of Dive In, which was among the songs submitted for the award.
February 24&25, 2006
Spider Opera performs at PS 122 February 24 @ 7 PM and February 25 @ 7 & 10 PM. Admission is free.
February 6, 2006
Rehearsals began for The Tisch Mainstage of The Dybbuk. Pictures to come soon.
January 29, 2006
Paul read the role of Joshua Stone in The Laws of Motion at Makor as part of the "EYE SPY" Artist's in Residence Evening.
January 24, 2006
Paul has been cast in the NYU main stage productionof The Dybbuk, adapted and directed by Liz Swados and music directed by Kris Kukul. The show will have a two week run in late April at the Abe Burrows Theater.
January 24, 2006
Paul will be playing the role of Josh in a reading of a new play entitled The Laws of Motion at Makor this Sunday, January 29th @ 7 PM.
January 8, 2006
Paul has joined the cast of The Spider Operas, a collaboration between Liz Swados and Mabou Mines, which will be performed at PS 122 in late February.
December 11, 2005
Missionaries, written and directed by Liz Swados, finished its anniversary run at St. Luke's in Times Square.
December 10, 2005
Paul performed with the N'Harmonics at the Kimmell Center for in their Crunk Holiday Concert.
December 8, 2005
Paul performed with the N'Harmonics at the Eisner-Lubin Auditorium for a sample set of their upcoming concert.
December 4, 2005
Paul has been accepted into the ITW Amsterdam Summer Program through NYU's Tisch School of The Arts Experimental Theatre Wing.
December 4, 2005
Paul began workshopping Waterplay for an intensive 10 day workshopping period.
December 3, 2005
Paul performed in Liz Swados' Missionaries at St. John the Divine for the 25th Anniversary memorial concert.
November 22, 2005
Paul has joined the workshop of a new piece which will explore relationships through physical control, as well as the cosmic connection between three seemingly unrelated scenarios. Rehearsals begin in early December.
November 17, 2005
Something More Pleasant opens off-off-Broadway at The Linhart Theatre on Lafayette Street.
October 29, 2005
Tickets are now on sale for Something More Pleasant. Performance dates are November 17, 18, and 19 @ 8 PM and November 19 @ 2 PM. Tickets can be reserved at www.ticketcentral.com or by calling 212-279-4200
October 28, 2005
Paul has joined the opera-type project Missionaries, written by Liz Swados and musically directed by Kris Kukul. Performance dates are December 3 and December 11 2005.
October 15, 2005
Paul sings as part of the N'HARMONICS at The Kimmel Center @ 9PM. Tickets at the door.
September 16, 2005
Paul has joined the cast of the new play Something More Pleasant, a new play by Josh Gelb based on the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale Little Brother, Little Sister. Paul will be work shopping and originating the role of Little Brother.
August 18, 2005
Merrily We Roll Along opens at The Brea Olinda Performing Arts Center.
July 19, 2005
Paul began rehearsals for Merrily We Roll Along.
June 26, 2005
Paul has joined the cast of the West Coast mounting of Merrily We Roll Along, directed by Ryan Mekenian, running in Los Angeles in mid-August.
June 18 & 19, 2005
Paul originated the role of Casserole in The Yellow Wood, a new musical by Michelle Elliott and Danny Larsen, directed by Ryan Mekenian, at the NYU Grad Dance Theatre.
May 7 & 8, 2005
Paul performed the role of Joseph Kennedy Junior is the NYU GMTWP reading of Run, Teddy, Run.
April 22, 2005
Paul has joined the cast for the staged musical reading of Run, Teddy, Run - a musical created through the NYU Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program which will be performed on May 6 and May 8.
April 20, 2005
The film Within the Ivory Tower, in which Paul plays the principal character BRETT, premiered at Yale University. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE TRAILER
April 16, 2005
Paul sang as part of THE N'HARMONICS @ Princeton University.
April 13, 2005
Paul was cast in the upcoming NYU Graduate Musical Theater workshop of The Yellow Wood, playing the supporting role of Casserole.
April 10, 2005
The first reading of the play Survivor (based off of the novel) in which Paul played multiple roles.
March 30, 2005
Opening night for Women and Wallace by Jonathon Marc Sherman in which Paul played the title character of Wallace.