East Asian Representation in the Broadway Musical Allegiance
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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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April 2021 Recordings:
- Yam Cams: Photography in the Black Country
- Blown Away Winner Elliot Walker Demonstrates Hot Glass at the University of Wolverhampton
- HoPIN Webinar: Illustrated Print for Industry and Commerce
- All the Writing Selves We Have to Be - A Discussion on Writing Careers
- Masters in Conversation - Stephen Snoddy
May 2021 Recordings:
- Intellectual Property Series: Inspiration or Imitation? Copyright & Moral Rights in Artistic Works
- HoPIN Webinar: The Rise of Photographic Illustration 1839-80
- Your Future - Fashion and Textile Careers
- Revisiting a Tonic for the Nation: Introduction to the Festival of Britain
- Lyric Writing Master Class with Xidus Pain
- World IBD Day: When Art and Medicine Meet
- Paul Cox - His Illustrated Life and Career
- The Wrenna by R.M. Francis - Book Launch
- Intellectual Property Series: Intellectual Property and Photography - Creators, Owners and Licences
June 2021 Recordings:
- Intellectual Property Series: What’s in a Name: Trade Marks and Brands – Workshop
- British Art Show 9 and Socially Engaged Art
- In Conversation - Dr Louise Fenton and Artist Paul Cox
- Intellectual Property Series: Fashion, Textiles and Intellectual Property: Patchworks, Quilts or Veils?
- Intellectual Property Series: Intellectual Property and the Music Industry: Mapping the Maze
- Bilston Enamels: Talk and Q ∓ A
August 2021 Recordings:
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October 2021 Recordings:
- Trans and Non-Binary Representation in Musical Theatre with Andi Lee Carter
- Creative Futures - Lynsey Harris Designer Maker
- East Asian Representation in the Broadway Musical Allegiance
- Creative Futures: Jason Fernandes, 3D Designer ∓ 3D Design Lecturer
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November 2021 Recordings:
- Black Representation in Musical Theatre
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- Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man at Seventy
- Creative Futures: VOiD Applications Web Design
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- Simon Briercliffe in Conversation with Professor Keith Gildart
- Creative Futures: Eighty3 Design, Web Design and Branding
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- The Art of Disability History: A personal view through NDACA (the national disability arts collection and archive)
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