In September, when Kristi Scott, ProArts managing director, announced its 2018-19 season from the ProArts Playhouse stage, she added: “Take your kids to see ‘Elf’ for the holidays, but leave them at home for ‘Naughty Noel.’ ” Scott describes the two-weekend event, which opens at ...

A wealth of holiday performing arts offerings are happening all over the island in the coming weeks. Maui audiences are in for a particularly sweet treat this weekend when the Maui Academy of Performing Arts revives its biennial production of “Nutcracker Sweets” in Castle Theater at the ...

I said in 2015 that “Elf the Musical” should never be mounted again on Maui without Ricky Jones as Buddy the Elf. Thankfully Jones has returned and, in fact, surpasses his previous performances. This elaborate production, with an all-new, clean-lined, metropolitan set by Caro Walker, ...

Perhaps the most famous high school in America, Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts located near Lincoln Center in Manhattan is simply referred to by its equally famous alumni as “PA.” Those illustrious alumni include Jennifer Aniston, Richard Benjamin, ...

After a blizzard of November theater on Maui, “Elf The Musical” stands alone on Thanksgiving weekend. Billed as, “Back by overwhelming demand” by the public, combined with “Elf” being Maui OnStage’s biggest box-office hit, Ricky Jones returns as Buddy the Elf to the Historic Iao ...

Comedian Augie T is making the island rounds with his “Last Stand” tour, which stops on Maui at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Castle Theater at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului. Accompanied by Jose “Dynamite” Figueras and Daryl Bonilla, Augie has decided after 27 years of the comedy ...