(11/09/2012) - Diamond Head Theatre (DHT) presents the current Broadway hit, 'Annie'! Due to strong demand for tickets, DHT has already added two performances to its regular run: December 29th (3:00 p.m.) and 30th (4:00 p.m.). BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast below.
(09/26/2012) - John Rampage, Artistic Director for Diamond Head Theatre (DHT), announces the opening of the 2012-2013 season with FUNNY GIRL. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
(08/12/2012) - ... The other impression I got from "Singin'" was the incredible depth of talent required of all the actors. The legendary Gene Kelly was the original choreographer, setting a high bar for anyone to follow (or vault over), to belabour the metaphor. This performance is meant to be extremely high intensity; highly athletic. To pull it off, actors must have a huge vocal range, a powerful voice, be highly gifted dancers in a number of genre's including tap, flamenco, ballet, have the agility of an acrobat, be incredibly funny and posses the ability to act !
They were all so physically beautiful, (or perfectly caste, befitting their role). One imagines a vast pool of players and an extreme vetting process to have achieved so many creme de la creme in one show.
(08/07/2012) - This is the second part of my review of the Hawaii Conservation Conference.
Venturing back upstairs, I was just in time to hear Wyland give a brief speech from the stage, delivering the most quotable line of the evening: "If we're not going to get support from our government, we're gonna get it from each other !" Rousing cheers greeted this declaration.
There was still a little time before the headline music (Na Hoku Hanohano award winner, Anuhea) and so I took a deeper turn into the myriad of crafts and science booths in the upstairs conference hall....
(08/06/2012) - Over the years, the HCC has relinquished its exclusivity to those who could afford it's pricey entrance fee. Today, it embraces a commitment to community by offering a jewel of an event as the center piece of it's three day long extravaganza, which is free to the public. It is this commitment to inclusion of all the people of Hawaii which will insure it's success in the future, and it is to this day I turn my attention for my review.
Good fortune smiled upon me as I entered the vast prism-like structure that is the Hawaii Convention Center [http://www.hawaiiconvention.com/], for I bumped into one of the "movers and shakers" of the Hawaiian environmental community (Annette Kaohelaulii), who pointed me in all
the right directions and then told me she would hunt up VIPs for me to interview. I didn't see her again but I made the acquaintance of a lot of wonderful, caring people. At an event like this, anyone who shows up is a VIP in my book.
We rode the escalator up to the 4th floor, and stepped into a spacious, sun-dappled expanse filled with the rich and melodious tones of the afternoon's first entertainer, Kawiko Kahiopo...
(07/25/2012) - As one steps around the dark, velvet curtain at the entryway to the theatre, one beholds a festive and lively group of actors in the center of the room, chatting, tuning instruments and warming up their voices. Several turn and welcome each of us warmly as we enter, as if we were family members or friends. The setting is intimate, only three tiers of benches wrapped around a small square stage that is open on all sides. I first notice the age range of the actors that seem to span several generations. They are clad in simple medieval attire suggestive of the time period.
(07/02/2012) - Performed at the glorious Hawaii Theatre in historic, downtown Honolulu, Bridges explores the connections of past, present and future through interpretive Chinese folk dance. The Phoenix Dance Chamber featured this evening was founded by Diane Letoto, and inspired by folk dance specialist of the Beijing Dance Academy, the late Professor Liu Youlan. Youlan's vision, that dance would build a bridge between eastern and western cultures, comes to fruition in this luminous production.
(11/28/2011) - ProArts, Inc. is set to present "Ruthless! The Musical", the witty, campy, and hilarious off Broadway comedy hit, as the final show of their Fall/Winter season.
(09/06/2011) - Cane Fields Burning is showing at Kumu Kahua Theater from Sep 8 - Oct 9, 2011. The show is a world premiere by Kemuel DeMoville. 'Something's stirring in the shadows. Something's coming. Something's waiting.'
(08/29/2011) - On Saturday August 27, 2011, BroadwayWorld.com's CEO/Editor-in-Chief Robert Diamond, in the midst of Hurricane Irene married actress Jennifer Hallie Rosen after a 17 month engagement. The two were introduced by a friend of Rosen's, who wasn't able to make the wedding, as a result of the weather and warnings throughout all the boroughs. The BroadwayWorld.com News Desk stayed feverish all weekend while the couple said 'I Do', as news was coming fast about theatre cancellations, schedule changes and travel advisories in addition to all things that were happening in other parts of the country and the world, not affected by the Northeast's local weather.
(08/22/2011) - ProArts, Inc. will present 'Social Security', the laugh-a-minute Broadway comedy hit, as the first production of their Fall/Winter season.
(05/18/2011) - Kumu Kahua Theatre ends its 40th-anniversary season with a bang. Opening on May 26 is a new play from Edward Sakamoto, one of Hawai‘i's most notable-and recognizable-theater voices. He returns with It's All Relative, a humorous exploration of marriage, identity and fading dreams told through three generations of an O‘ahu family in 1995.
(05/16/2011) - ProArts, Inc. is proud to present "Greater Tuna" the world-wide comedy hit as the final production of their Spring season. This hysterical two-man comedic tour de force will be presented for ten performances at the ProArts Playhouse in Kihei.
(04/15/2011) - ProArts, Inc. is proud to present "Rats! The Pied Piper Musical" a new "fractured fairy tale" as the second production of their Spring season of family friendly shows.
(12/09/2010) - Da Kine Space by Lee A. Tonouchi will have its world premiere at Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant Street in downtown Honolulu, from January 13 through February 13, 2011.
(12/01/2010) - From the creative team that brought you 'Urinetown' and 'Cabaret', 'The Fantasticks' is brought to life in Kihei by Maui's best performers: Robert Wills as El Gallo, the Narrator, LeighAnna Locke as The Girl, Tom Althouse as The Boy, Dale Button as The Girl's Father, Jonathan Lehman as The Boy's Father, John Peterson as The Old Actor, Kalani Whitford as The Man Who Dies, and James Natividad as The Mute.
(10/25/2010) - ProArts is proud to present 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' as part of its Fall/Winter season of family friendly shows at the recently re-opened ProArts Playhouse in Kihei.
(06/07/2010) - From the creative team that brought you 'Cinderella,' the beloved story of 'Sleeping Beauty' is brought to life anew by some of Maui's best performers. Nine actors play all the roles in this 'fractured fairy tale' musical version of the classic Grimm Brothers tale.
(08/09/2009) - The Maui OnStage production of the racy musical 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' played its final show on August 2, 2009 to an enthusiastic full house. The production, which was presented at the Historic Iao Theater home of Maui OnStage, played 12 performances spanning four weekends.
