New York – “Allegiance,” a Broadway musical set against the historical internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, will close its doors on Feb. 14, but star George Takei expressed pride in the show’s achievements and its role in preserving an important but marginalized episode from U.S. history.
“We were expecting a much longer run, of course, but we have accomplished a great deal in the five months that we’ve been playing on Broadway,” Takei said Monday.
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