The process can be wearing, though, as he contemplates a new version of Paulus.
Paulus herself, a little girl during the run, was one of its ardent fans.
Four decades later, give or take a few years, Paulus was looking for her next project.
Paulus says Thomas displayed just the right mix of vocal power, physical ability, and introspectiveness.
Then-rookie head coach Doug Marrone named Paulus his starting quarterback early in preseason camp in 2009 over Nassib.
But, Paulus thought, there was nothing in the script that said the Leading Player had to be a man.
Schwartz liked the idea, Paulus was excited but she needed a hook.
In 1943, after a week of heavy fighting, German field marshal Friedrich von Paulus surrendered to the Russians at Stalingrad.
Paulus graduated in 2009, then enrolled at Syracuse as a graduate student and outdueled Nassib to win the starting quarterback job.
Former Oklahoma backup Drew Allen, on target to graduate in May, is taking the same route as Greg Paulus four years ago.
Paulus is no novice, either, when it comes to depicting race onstage.
By ridding the script of its sociological and anthropological strain, Paulus allows us to see the people and, perforce, to hear the music.
"I wanted to put a unique acrobatic language onstage, " Paulus says.
He's watched both Paulus in 2009 and then Ryan Nassib excel at the position for the Orange, who have two bowl wins in the past three years.
Gregory Paulus injured his back lifting weights two years ago.
In his final year of college eligibility, Paulus acquitted himself well under a new coaching staff, which included Shafer in his first year as defensive coordinator under Doug Marrone.
And so, Paulus's Leading Player ended up being a woman Patina Miller, the ebullient Tony-nominated star of "Sister Act, " in which she played Deloris, the Whoopi Goldberg role.
At 6-foot-4 and 226 pounds, Allen, on track to graduate in May, will be seeking to duplicate what Greg Paulus did here four years ago, and the similarities are quite remarkable.
Director Diane Paulus certainly has an enviable track record.
"I know he got drafted in the NFL and played well as a backup for a number of years, " said Loeb, who redshirted his freshman year at Syracuse when Greg Paulus was the starter.
Though the show seems destined for Broadway, if the stars align, Paulus and her cast are trying to focus for now on perfecting it for an early January official opening (the run ends Jan. 20.) They're also trying to avoid the obvious trap: Thinking too much about living up to expectations.
Paulus, national player of the year in high school as a quarterback for Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse and also a star on the basketball team, opted to play point guard at Duke for coach Mike Krzyzewski and after receiving his undergraduate degree enrolled at Syracuse as a graduate student for his final year of eligibility.
Among revivals of musicals, "Pippin" is the strongest contender, with 10 nominations, including one for its director, Diane Paulus. (Only five musical revivals were eligible for the award, and four of them earned nominations.) A highly inventive revival that upped the ante by adding all manner of circus acts, including a grandmother hoisted aloft, Ms. Paulus will give "Matilda" director Matthew Warchus tough competition.
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