Lea Salonga Joins the Cast of George Takei’s Musical “Allegiance” on Broadway

The Philippine pride of Broadway, the Tony Award-winning singer Lea Salonga will join the cast of George Takei’s musical “Allegiance” on Broadway. The Broadway veteran previously played the lead female role, Kei Kimura, when the musical made its premiere in 2012 at the Old Globle in San Diego, California.

Lea Salonga

The 44-year-old Lea Salonga will reprise her role at the Longacre Theatre staring this fall. Aside from Lea Salonga, the producers also announced that Telly Leung of “Glee” will also rejoin the cast of the highly anticipated Broadway musical.

Telly Leung of the star of “Rent” and “Godspell” had also been part of the cast in California during the year 2012. The musical “Allegiance” is multigenerational tale with two love stories that’s framed by a Japanese-American war veteran looking back on his family’s time in a Wyoming internment camp during World War II.

According to the producers of the Broadway musical, “Allegiance” features music and lyrics by Jay Juo and a book by Marc Acito, Kuo and Lorenzo Thione. It is being directed by Stafford Arima.

Lea Salonga is best known for her remarkable role in the original “Miss Saigon” in London and New York and in the Broadway revival of “Flower Drum Song” in 2002, the last time an Asian-led cast of a musical hit Broadway.

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