East Asian Representation in the Broadway Musical Allegiance

Artsfest Artsfest 2021 / East Asian Representation in the Broadway Musical Allegiance

ArtsFest Online is pleased to present a talk with Dr James Lovelock and Canadian Theatre Director Stafford Arima.

Stafford Arima is an international, award-winning theatre director who has worked for over 25 years in the entertainment industry. He was nominated for the prestigious Olivier Award for his direction of the West End premiere of the musical, Ragtime; and in 2015, Arima made history when he became the first Asian-Canadian to direct a musical on Broadway – Allegiance.

He is currently the Artistic Director of Theatre Calgary in Canada. Theatre Calgary is the largest theatre in Southern Alberta, and one of the most recognizable cultural institutions in Canada. Arima's current mission is to inspire audiences through ambitious programming created to ignite, local, national and international engagement.

Selected work includes: Altar Boyz (received the Best Musical Outer Critics Circle Award, was nominated for a Drama Desk as Outstanding Musical, and ran over 2,000 performances Off-Broadway); Carrie (Off-Broadway revival; nominated for 5 Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Revival of a Musical and an Outer Critics nomination for Outstanding Revival of a Musical; MCC Theater); The Secret Garden (David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center); The Tin Pan Alley Rag (nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award as Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical, Roundabout Theatre Company); Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living In Paris (Stratford Festival); Two Class Acts by A.R. Gurney (The Flea Theater); Candide (San Francisco Symphony); Red Velvet (The Old Globe); Saturday Night (The York Theatre Company, NYC); A Tribute to Sondheim (Boston Pops); Marry Me a Little (Cincinnati Playhouse); Guys and Dolls (Paper Mill Playhouse); Abyssinia (Goodspeed Musicals); and Billy Elliot, A Christmas Carol, and Mary and Max (Theatre Calgary).

This event was recorded on 25th October 2021.

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