When I began writing Backstage seven years ago, there were many weeks when no performing arts events were scheduled. That has rarely been the case this season with the expansion of shows at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului, the ProArts Playhouse in Kihei and the Historic Iao Theater ...
Alexis Dascoulias, director of the Maui OnStage production of “Godspell,” has helmed the classic 1970s musical on several occasions. That doesn’t include appearing in a New England production where she sang “Day By Day” 25 years ago. “This is my sixth time directing ...
Impresario, singer, actor, author and United States congressional candidate for Hawaii, Brian Evans started the Maui Celebrity Series nearly a decade ago in Lahaina. Over the years, Evans has presented such stars as Academy Award-winner Jeff Bridges; Emmy Award-winners Roseanne, William ...
Can 17th-century farces and ancient Greek tragedies find an audience on Maui? Vinnie Linares, executive producer of Oh Boy Productions, thinks they will, and we’ll have the chance to see when Moliere’s “Tartuffe” opens in the ‘A‘ali‘ikuhonua Creative Arts Center at the Seabury ...
What makes us laugh? Great comedy does not require a preface, or in some rare cases, exceptional writing. It requires execution by great comics. That is exactly what is happening at the ProArts Playhouse in Kihei over the next three weeks, because “The 39 Steps” is absolutely loaded with ...
STAGE REVIEW: There is no curtain at the Historic Iao Theater in Wailuku, but moments after the theoretical curtain rises on “Cabaret,” audiences know that they are in for something very, very special. Starting with a drum roll and ending in dead silence, Kalani Whitford’s considerably ...
