The Story of Allegiance: A New Musical Inspired by a True Story

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Performing Arts

Oct 201514 Feb 201614

The Longacre Theatre
220 W 48th Street
New York, New York
United States

 Inspired by the true-life experience of its star George Takei (“Star Trek,” “Heroes”), Allegiance follows one family’s extraordinary journey in this untold American story.

A mysterious envelope leads Sam Kimura (Takei) back 60 years to a time when he (played as a young man by Telly Leung — God spell , “Glee”) and his sister Kei (Tony Award-winner Lea Salonga — Miss Saigon, Mulan ) strive to save their family from the wrongful imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Sam enlists in the army to prove the Kimuras’ loyalty, but Kei joins draft resisters fighting for the rights of their people.

Their paths take them from the lush farmlands of California to the wastelands of Wyoming to the battlefields of Europe, and their divided loyalties threaten to tear them apart forever. But as long-lost memories are unlocked, Sam finds that it is never too late to forgive and to recognize the redemptive power of love.

See theater website for more info and performance dates, see http://allegiancemusical.com/

 

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