Kim Varhola
MTEA Creates Representation Committee And Offers Free Webinar On Race, Equity And Inclusion In Musical Theatre (Jul 6, 2020)
Photo Coverage: George Takei, Lea Salonga & ALLEGIANCE Cast Party Hard on Opening Night! (Nov 9, 2015)
East West Players Presents One Night Only: On Broadway 8/20 (Aug 20, 2011)
BIO
Kim Varhola is an assistant professor of drama and musical theatre at Keimyung University in Daegu, South Korea. Her career in the performing arts as an actor, director, marketing manager, educator and more spans over three decades. She appeared on Broadway in Rent, Flower Drum Song, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Pacific Overtures. She has helmed concerts for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, East West Players, Kia Motors, Samsung, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, the National Theater of Korea and the Seoul Philharmonic. Her writing is featured in The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre (Routledge, 2022), Dance in Musical Theatre: A History of the Body in Movement (Methuen, 2023) and the Japanese version of the Korean musical The Devil. She holds a BS degree in theatre from Northwestern University, an MA degree in arts administration from Columbia University and an MA degree in cinema studies from New York University.
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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 6, 2020
In June of 2020 the Musical Theatre Educators' Alliance (MTEA), an international organization of teachers and professionals, created a much-needed committee for Representation, Equity, and Inclusion (REI), led by MTEA's newly appointed Lead Diversity Officer, Tim Espinosa of Fullerton College.
by Walter McBride - Nov 9, 2015
The new American musical Allegiance officially opened last night, November 8, at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street, starring Tony and Olivier Award winner Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon, Les Miserables) in her long-awaited return to Broadway, 'Star Trek' icon George Takei in his Broadway debut at age 78, and Broadway and 'Glee' star Telly Leung. Allegiance is the vibrant and unforgettable story of one family's resilience in the face of seemingly-insurmountable odds, inspired by Takei's real-life experience as a Japanese American during World War II. BroadwayWorld was there for the full night of festivities and you can check out photos from the after party below!
by BWW News Desk - Aug 20, 2011
On Saturday, August 20th, East West Players (EWP), the nation's largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work and the longest-running professional theatre of color in the country, will kick off its 46th season with One Night Only: On Broadway.
by Lauren Wolman - Aug 17, 2011
EWP is proud to announce the addition of Telly Leung (Rent, Pacific Overtures) to the star-studded line-up. Leung can also be seen on TV in Glee.
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 22, 2011
On Saturday, August 20th, East West Players (EWP), the nation's largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work and the longest-running professional theatre of color in the country, will kick off its 46th season with One Night Only: On Broadway.
by Oliver Oliveros - Jan 11, 2010
Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown (Parade, 13, Songs for a New World) joined 2009 Ovation Award nominees Michael K. Lee and Filipino actress Jennifer Paz in a one-night-only performance of 2009 Ovation Award Best Musical nominee and Off-Broadway gem THE LAST 5 YEARS last Saturday, January 9, 2010 at the David Henry Wang Theatre, the home of East West Players, in downtown Los Angeles, California. Proceeds from the event will benefit Broadway Cares (BC)/Equity Fights AIDS (EFA).
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Kim Varhola has appeared on Broadway in 6 shows.
Kim Varhola has not appeared in the West End.
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