Born in London, England and transplanted to America in 1980, Robert Mark Kalfin has been at the forefront of the live entertainment field for over 40 years. His experience has encompassed every aspect of production. From producing to directing, from writing to production management, from Broadway to corporate to interactive, hybrid and virtual, he is known for his ability to seamlessly and successfully get the show up and running.
Since this unprecedented pandemic started Robert has been at the forefront of virtual and hybrid meetings. Recent projects have included a live broadcast from the New York Public Library for Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, virtual meetings and broadcasts for Intuit, Pacific Dental Services, Novartis, BioXcel, Remy Martin and Bausch + Lomb to name but a few.
Robert’s other clients have included GSMA (Mobile World), Dell, ANA, Nielsen, Committee to Protect Journalists, EMC, Hewlett Packard, IBM, AT&T, DIRECTV. Jive Software, Square Enix, Game Stop, Blizzcon, Takeda, Deloitte, Kohls, Abbott/AbbVie, CVS, Galderma, Bausch + Lomb, sanofi-aventis, Marriott, Pacific Dental Services,Ford, MLB, PhRMA, US Foods, Glaxo Smith Kline, Pfizer, Capital One, Mercedes, Verizon, Wrigley, Comcast, Nokia, Novartis, Invensys, Toyota/Lexus, McKesson, Nortel, MasterCard, Aflac and over 60 productions for Intel to name just a few.
He has worked extensively around the world with over 40 meetings in Europe, Asia and South America.
Past Broadway credits includes: Victor/Victoria with Raquel Welch, The King and I with Yul Brynner, Play On!, Street Corner Symphony, Jekyll &Hyde, Band in Berlin, More to Love, Dangerous Games and The Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
In addition, he has supervised many star-studded benefit performances at such venues as Carnegie Hall, The London Palladium, Roseland, Madison Square Garden, The Rainbow Room and London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane where he was the Production Stage Manager for the Royal Variety Show for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Robert lives in Irvine, CA with his wife, Jill and their 16-year-old daughter, Alia.
Robert thrives on the excitement of putting together a live show. Corporate Meetings, Virtual Meetings, Hybrid Meetings, Broadway, Gala Benefits, Award Ceremonies or Interactive. Each has their own special needs and challenges. Each ends up in front of a live audience....and that’s exciting!
