My favorite film of 2025, “The Friend,” had a brief run in theaters and is now streaming. Based on the 2018 bestseller by Sigrid Nunez, this comedy-drama is about a writer (played by Naomi Watts) mourning the death of her best friend and mentor (Bill Murray), who gifts her his Great Dane. ...
Featuring songs from hit musicals such as “Tommy,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Wicked,” “Mamma Mia!,” and “Beautiful,” “American Idol” finalist LaKisha Jones and Dan Domenech will team with the Maui Pops Orchestra led by maestro Jim Durham for a “Broadway Rocks!” ...
When Dave Russell walked into George Benson’s Lahaina Sound Recording Studio to record a song as the singing conductor on Lahaina’s Sugar Cane Train, he had no idea his world would change and he would eventually become a Grammy-winning recording engineer. “The train would go by ...
Seabury Hall Performing Arts will present “Art with Heart 2026: Love from Within” on Jan. 24 at the ʻAʻaliʻikūhonua Creative Arts Center on the Seabury Hall campus in Makawao. “Art with Heart 2026” is a student-led collective of performances and an art gallery, produced as a ...
Why is it that most movies about stand-up comics aren’t funny? This isn’t the same thing as stand-up comedy concert films, of which there are many good ones. No, I’m talking about dramas that focus on how the main character channels their misery and unhappiness by getting on stage, ...
Presented by the Hawaii International Music Festival on Wednesday, the ProArts Playhouse will host an “Echoes of Elegance” featuring pianist Monica Chung and acclaimed soprano Amy Shoremount-Obra. The concert will include “a collection of our favorite pieces over the past six years,” ...
