George Takei’s Allegiance Musical Heading To US Cinemas for One Night Only

There aren’t many living people who can say they’ve had a musical written loosely based around their own experiences, but Star Trek legend George Takei can. Allegiance recently played on Broadway, inspired by Takei’s experiences as a child in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II.

While the show has closed in New York, it’s coming to US cinemas for a one-night-only screening in December. Takei also starred in the show, alonsgside Miss Saigon’s Lea Salonga and Telly Leung. Allegiance has songs by Jay Kuo with a book by Marc Acito, Kuo and Lorenzo Thione.

While it had a mixed reaction when it debuted, most reviews praised the cast – particularly Takei – and the singing, with many being extremely moved by the show’s illumination of a dark corner of US history. It also marks one of the few Broadway musicals where most of the key creative positions were taken by Asian Americans.

The musical will screen in cinemas on December 13th, alongside behind-the-scenes footage. You can find more info here.