What low-cost, one-room, two-person play ran on Broadway longer than “Guys and Dolls,” “The King and I,” “The Music Man” and “The Sound of Music”? Believe it or not, it’s 1975’s “Same Time, Next Year,” and no non-musical has surpassed its 1,453 performance run since. ...
Not long ago, summer theater productions were few and far between, prompting many a Backstage columnist, including myself, to create profile features on local performers throughout the entire month of June. Last summer, eight productions opened between June and August, and this year nine are ...
For the past six years, I have included a yearly Tony Awards mini-guide for Backstage readers. This year, there are three clear favorites that could sweep their categories: “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two” in the original play categories; “Angels in America” for ...
Alexander Academy Performing Company, the little dance company that could, has been offering professional dance instruction Upcountry for 28 years. After needing to relocate from the old Kula Community Center last summer, the academy has since settled into their new home in Haliimaile. ...
There have been a handful of turning-point moments on Broadway since the first musical debuted in 1866. One was the success of 26-year-old George M. Cohan’s “Little Johnny Jones” in 1904. Cohan, universally regarded as the “King of Broadway,” kicked open the door for American composers, obliterating the concept that British musicals would always be more profitable. The 30-something Gerome Ragni and James Rado’s “Hair” equally changed Broadway in the late 1960s by introducing the rock-musical genre. Then there’s the 30-something Lin-Manuel Miranda whose monumental ...
William Shakespeare wrote his most frequently produced play, “Hamlet,” over 400 years ago, and this weekend Maui’s south side middle school students will present an abridged version in the inaugural ProArts Youth Theater production at the ProArts Playhouse in Kihei. Just as “Hamlet: ...
