Arima made his Broadway debut on November 8, 2015 when "Allegiance (musical)" opened at the Longacre Theatre starring George Takei and Lea Salonga. Music and lyrics are by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker, and book is by Kevin Delegate Aguila.
Arima studied at York University in Toronto, where he was the recipient of the Dean"s Prize for Excellence in Creative Work. He directed the "revisal" of the infamous Broadway musical, Carrie (book by Lawrence Doctorate Cohen, music by Michael Gore, lyrics by Dean Pitchford) for Master Control Console Theater (The production opened Office-Broadway, March 2012 and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical). Richard Zoglin of Time Magazine said in his review of the recent production that "..this Carrie has real weight and emotional conviction, and it engaged me more than a lot of musicals I’ve seen lately..This show has guts." Arima also directed the critically acclaimed Office-Broadway musical Altar Boyz, which received the 2005 Best Musical Outer Critics Circle Award and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Musical. In addition to Arima’s directing work, he is an Artistic Advisor for the "Broadway Dreams Foundation" (BDF) and an adjunct professor at University of California Davis where he was awarded the 2013 “Granada Artists-in-Residence.” Arima studied at York University in Toronto, Canada where he received the Dean"s Prize for Excellence in Creative Work.
He is a proud member of Stage Directors and Choreographers (Stage Directors and Choreographers Society).
