Hawaii Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations

Review: KIMO THE WAITER at Kumu Kahua
by F.H. Kekoa - December 07, 2024

Local stories are always in style....

Review: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Mānoa Valley Theatre
by F.H. Kekoa - November 27, 2024

Gods and mortals, stories and songs, sea and sand--all make a splash at Mānoa Valley Theatre!...

Review: LOVEY LEE at Kumu Kahua Theatre
by F.H. Kekoa - September 06, 2024

Moses Goods’ “superhero origin story” Lovey Lee finally comes back home to Kumu Kahua Theatre four years after its digital premier over Zoom in 2020. Based on the true story of māhū icon Kealoha “Lovey Lee” Kelekolio, the show paints an intricate, beautiful, and often heartbreaking portrait of queer...

Review: DISNEY'S FROZEN, THE BROADWAY MUSICAL at Diamond Head Theatre
by F.H. Kekoa - August 14, 2024

Diamond Head Theatre casts an icy spell over the heat of Hawaii’s kauwela with its 2023-2024 season closer of Disney’s Frozen, a “monster” of a show and a tremendous get for the Hawai’i theatre scene. This is by far one of the biggest undertakings artistically and technically in recent DHT history, ...

Review: CYMBELINE at The ARTS At Mark's Garage
by F.H. Kekoa - July 15, 2024

This show is doing the most! The first of three offerings for the Hawaii Shakespeare Festival runs now through July 22....

Review: TOOTSIE at Diamond Head Theatre
by F.H. Kekoa - July 02, 2024

What did our critic think of TOOTSIE at Diamond Head Theatre?...

Review: KĀMAU TRILOGY at Kumu Kahua Theatre
by F.H. Kekoa - June 21, 2024

KĀMAU, KĀMAU A'E, and UA PAU run Thurs-Sat, with the full trilogy on Sunday, through June 30 at Kumu Kahua Theatre....

Review: DEATH OF A SALESMAN at Manoa Valley Theatre
by F.H. Kekoa - June 04, 2024

A powerhouse performance by Dwight T Martin leads a talented cast of Arthur Miller's masterpiece of American theatre....

BWW Review: FOREVER PLAID at Diamond Head Theatre
by Cheyne Nomura - June 12, 2021

It feels like it was just last week that I was at Diamond Head Theatre (DHT), experiencing the joyous all-female cast of Shout! and now, I got to experience more joy from DHT, except through an all-male cast in its energetic production of Forever Plaid. As remained the case with Shout!, Forever Plai...