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Lea Salonga, George Takei, Telly Leung Bring "Gaman" to Broadway in First Pics From Allegiance!

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Here is a rundown on where the principals of the new Broadway musical Allegiance pursued their college studies. Visit PlaybillEDU.com to learn how you can follow in their footsteps. Individual school listings on the site are linked below.

Cast List: George Takei: University of California, Los Angeles
Telly Leung: Carnegie Mellon University
Lea Salonga: University of the Philippines & Ateneo de Manila University
Katie Rose Clarke: Sam Houston State University
Michael K. Lee: Stanford University
Greg Watanabe: University of California, Santa Cruz
Aaron J. Albano: College Conservatory of Music (University of Cincinnati)
Janelle Toyomi Dote: University of California, Los Angeles
Dan Horn: University of Oklahoma
Kevin Munhall: University of Michigan
Rumi Oyama: Chuo University
Catherine Ricafort: University of Southern California
Momoko Sugai: Fullerton College
Scott Watanabe: California State University – Long Beach
Belinda Allyn: Oklahoma City University
Owen Johnston: Hunter College (CUNY)
Manna Nichols: Oklahoma City University
Sam Tanabe: Point Park University

Production Credits:

Jay Kuo (Music, Lyrics, Book): Stanford University
Lorenzo Thione (Co-Lead Producer, Book): University of Texas – Austin
Marc Acito (Book): Colorado College
Stafford Arima (Director): York University
Andrew Palermo (Choreographer): College Conservatory of Music (University of Cincinnati)
Lynne Shankel (Music Supervisor, Orchestrator, Arranger): University of Michigan
Donyale Werle (Scenic Design): University of New Mexico & New York University
Howell Binkley (Lighting Design): East Carolina University
Darrel Maloney (Projection Design): New York University
Kai Harada (Sound Design): Yale University
Jennifer Parsinen (Associate Choreographer): University of California, Irvine

Visit PlaybillEDU.com to learn how you can follow in their footsteps!