TWITTER WATCH: ALLEGIANCE Recommends Colors Of Confinement Photo Exhibit at Columbia University
By: Michael Dale Jan. 04, 2016
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Given the musical's subject matter, the United States' imprisonment of thousands of innocent Japanese-Americans in internment camps during World War II, the Twitter account for Broadway's ALLEGIANCE often features links to information about racial injustice in America.
Today their Twitter feed alerts fans to a very interesting photo exhibit touring the country, now on display at the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University.
"Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Confinement in World War II," features color photographs taken by Bill Manbo while he and his family were confined behind barbed wire at the camp at Heart Mountain in Wyoming, the setting for the Broadway musical. The exhibition of photos will be on view through May 12, 2016.
Visit the web site of journalist Lia Chang for a sampling of Manbo's photographs.
If you're in NYC, be sure to visit the Colors of Confinement exhibit on display at Columbia. https://t.co/OY7rq4sXcz pic.twitter.com/oJrnz7Cjfr
- Allegiance Broadway (@allegiancebway) January 4, 2016
George Takei makes his Broadway debut in the new American musical Allegiance at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street, opposite Tony and Olivier Award winner Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon, Les Miserables) in her long-awaited return to Broadway, and "Glee" star Telly Leung. Allegiance. The show tells the vibrant and unforgettable story of one family's resilience in the face of seemingly-insurmountable odds, inspired by Takei's real-life experience as a Japanese American during World War II.
ALLEGIANCE illuminates one of American history's lesser known chapters as it tells the story of Samura (Takei), transported back nearly six decades to when his younger self (Leung) and his sister Kei (Salonga) fought to stay connected to their heritage, their family, and themselves after Japanese Americans were wrongfully imprisoned during World War II. An epic story told with great intimacy, Allegiance explores the TIES THAT BIND us, the struggle to persevere, and the overwhelming power of forgiveness and, most especially, love.
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