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Allegiance, Starring George Takei, to Play Cinemas This December

The Broadway musical and its making-of documentary, ”Allegiance to Broadway”, will screen in honor of Pearl Harbor Day.

Lea Salonga and George Takei star in Allegiance, screening nationwide December 11.
Lea Salonga and George Takei star in Allegiance, screening nationwide December 11.
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Fathom Events has announced that the Broadway musical Allegiance, starring George Takei, will screen in cinemas nationwide on December 11. Additionally, the behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling Allegiance's journey to the stage — Allegiance to Broadway: The Dream. The Story. The Journey of a Musical — will be screened on December 4. The events are being held in honor of Pearl Harbor Day.

Takei stars alongside Lea Salonga and Telly Leung. The production ran at Broadway's Longacre Theatre October 6, 2015-February 14, 2016. The company also includes Katie Rose Clarke, Michael K. Lee, Christopheren Nomura, Greg Watanabe, Aaron J. Albano, Belinda Allyn, Marcus Choi, Janelle Dote, Dan Horn, Owen Johnston, Darren Lee, Kevin Munhall, Manna Nichols, Autumn Ogawa, Rumi Oyama, Momoko Sugai, Sam Tanabe, Elena Wang, Scott Watanabe, and Scott Wise.

Allegiance features a book by Marc Acito and music and lyrics by Jay Kuo, with direction by Olivier Award nominee Stafford Arima.

Both events will include exclusive new footage featuring George Takei and the Broadway musical's creative team that will play after each showing.