Allegiance (musical)
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Original title: | Allegiance |
Original language: | English |
Music: | Jay Kuo |
Book: | Lorenzo |
Lyrics: | Jay Kuo |
Place of premiere: | Old Globe Theater, San Diego |
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Allegiance is a musical by Jay Kuo and Lorenzo Thione. It deals with the situation of Japanese-Americans who were imprisoned during the Second World War internment . The musical premiered in September 2012 at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego .
Emergence
The writers of the musical Jay Kuo and Lorenzo Thione met George Takei on a Broadway show in the fall of 2008 , who told them about his childhood experiences in a detention center and about the helplessness of his father who suffered from failing to protect his family to be able to.