Allegiance

I made my Broadway directorial debut with Allegiance, the first musical on the Great Bright Way to tell the story of the internment of over 120,000 Japanese Americans during the Second World War. 

The work also had special personal meaning for me — my father and several other relatives were among the 23,000 Japanese Canadians interned in British Columbia during the same war. 

The subject matter of Allegiance, the primarily Asian cast, as well as the 4 Asian members of the creative team (composer, sound designer, associate director and director) broke conventions in 2015. When I look back at all involved, I feel profoundly proud of that unorthodoxy. Beyond the important subject matter, our production illuminated a narrative about the artistic vitality and value of an Asian creative team and cast.