A fitting snapshot of the short-lived art conclave that emerged in Berlin in the 1920s is 1951’s Tony Award-winning “I Am a Camera” by John Van Druten, from which the musical “Cabaret” is adapted. Conveyed through the eyes of Christopher Isherwood, author of the 1939 novel “Goodbye ...
Mel Brooks, the master of parody, took on Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, in 1977’s movie “High Anxiety.” In one scene mocking Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” instead of being pecked to death by a flock of birds, Brooks found himself covered in pigeon droppings. Similarly, ...
One hundred years ago, glow-in-the-dark wristwatches were all the rage — “Made possible by the magic of radium,” bragged one advertisement. Next weekend, Seabury Hall Performing Arts opens Melanie Marnich’s “These Shining Lives,” based on the real-life catastrophe of the factory ...
In July of 2013, I featured the touring performance of “KAHA” presented by Atamira Dance Company in Maui Scene’s Backstage. The New Zealand contemporary dance company shared stories of their whakapapa (defined as “the genealogical descent of all living things from the gods to the ...
‘Wild Birds’ is a wonderful example of just how powerful and thought-provoking a piece of theater can be, according to Donna Blanchard, executive director of Kumu Kahua Theatre on Oahu. For 47 seasons, since the outset of the 1970’s Hawaiian cultural renaissance and well before the Maui ...
When you crave a specific regional cuisine, you can probably find an adequate version at a chain restaurant or grocery store. Although the meal is enjoyable, it often falls short of satisfaction. Maui theater always offers respectable productions, but once or twice each season ideal ...
