Skip to contentBroadway Asian Men Calendar – Unashamedly, Asia has collaborated with New York-based Japanese photographer, actor and theater actor Mari Uchida. The Broadway Diversity Project and Tremendous Communications also helped support the inspiring schedule. The purpose of the project was to challenge stereotypes about Asian masculinity.
Most of BAM 2022! Proceeds from the calendar will go to Unapologetically Asian Community Programs and the rest will go to the non-profit efforts of Stop AAPI Hate. The coalition “monitors and responds to incidents of hate, violence, harassment, discrimination, avoidance, and child abuse against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States.”
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According to a press release from Unapologetally Asian, Stop AAPI Hate has partnered with CollaborAzian in 2021 to host an abbreviated online concert fundraiser featuring Asian theater artists from the Tony-winning musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Award. The schedule includes a number of new features: Mark Dela Cruz became the first Asian actor to star in the Broadway hit Hamilton. Zachary Noah Pizer is the first Asian actor to play the role of Evan Hansen in the Tony Award-winning play Dear Evan Hansen.
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“You are valid,” Uchida said in a press release. “Your photos should reflect this. I wanted to give people the opportunity to celebrate the beauty and talent of Asian men and this calendar shows that Asian men are worthy and beautiful. After the challenges we faced in
2020 and even now, I can’t think of a better way to welcome the new year.” “It’s valid,” Uchida said in a press release from Unapologetically Asian. “Your photos should reflect this. I wanted to give people the opportunity to celebrate the beauty and talent of Asian men and this calendar shows that Asian men are worthy and beautiful. After the challenges we faced in
2020 and even now, I can’t think of a better way to welcome the new year.” The 2022 calendar is now available for purchase on Lulu. All Images via Unashamedly Asian Chinese and Asian businesses in New York’s Chinatown and elsewhere have struggled financially since the start of the pandemic.
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Some members of the community have organized events to help business owners going through hard times, including Chinese-American rapper China Mak and actor William Lex. Others featured include Devin Ilow and Billy Bustamante in Miss Saigon Revival, Marcus Shane from Mean Girls National Tour, Gen Parton-Sheen from Rent and Miss Saigon, John Hosh in King Kong on Broadway, Al Gerzon in Mama Mia!
, George Salazar in Broadway productions of Be More Chill and Spring Awakening, Manu Narayan in Bombay Dreams, Kevin Schuring, The King and I, Vishal Vaidya in Groundhog Day and Love Life, David Hyun in Vietgon and Henry VI, David Park in Red
Roses and Green Gold and Karl Josef Koh in The Unsinkable Molly Brown. “With this calendar, I wanted to give people an opportunity to celebrate the beauty and talent of Asian men,” says Mari Uchida, a New York-based Japanese portrait and performance photographer, and actress and artist herself.
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“After the challenges we faced in 2020, I can’t think of a better way to welcome the new year.” Asian America is at the heart of AsAmNews. We are a completely voluntary work of dedicated employees and in-house.
Check out our new Instagram account. Visit our Twitter and Facebook pages for more information. Please consider taking an internship, joining our staff, submitting a story, or contributing. “With this calendar, I wanted to give people the opportunity to celebrate the beauty and talent of Asian men,” Uchida said.
“After the challenges we faced in 2020, I can’t think of a better way to welcome the new year.” Proceeds from the Unapologetically Asian calendar will go directly to their community programs and “Send Love in Chinatown” to alleviate hardships in the community.
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