"Allegiance" May Be Too Faithful to the Past
Allegiance, the new musical about the forced internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, isn't doing well at the box office. On the one hand, that's understandable. It's an old-fashioned show that has none of the edginess of The Book of Mormon or the flashiness of Aladdin. On the other hand, it's a shame Allegiance isn't doing better because no other show on Broadway right now speaks more directly to t…