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DESCRIPTION:Join actor and social justice activist&nbsp\;<strong>George Tak
 ei</strong>&nbsp\;at the Japan Society for a conversation about his person
 al story and his new Broadway musical\,&nbsp\;<em>Allegiance</em>. Best kn
 own for his portrayal of Mr. Sulu on&nbsp\;<em>Star Trek</em>\, and more r
 ecently for his role as a social media mega-star\, Takei spent a large par
 t of his childhood behind the barbed-wire enclosures of US internment camp
 s. His desire to shed light on this troubling chapter of American history\
 , in which some 120\,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated from t
 heir homes to internment camps during World World II\, inspired him to dev
 elop&nbsp\;<em>Allegiance</em>.\n\nThe event is moderated by&nbsp\;<strong
 >Kermit Roosevelt</strong>\, who wrote a historical novel on the same topi
 c. Roosevelt is a professor of constitutional law at the University of Pen
 nsylvania Law School and the great-great-grandson of President Theodore Ro
 osevelt.<em>Followed by a reception.</em>\n&nbsp\;\n<strong>Tickets</stron
 g>: $20/$16 Japan Society&nbsp\;<a href="http://www.japansociety.org/page/
 support/individual">members</a>\, seniors &amp\; students\n\nMore informat
 ion <a href="http://www.japansociety.org/event/george-takei-from-barbed-wi
 re-to-broadway">here</a>.
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SUMMARY:George Takei: From Barbed Wire to Broadway
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