“I’m constantly amazed that what I used to get expelled and punished for is what I do for a living,” said Howie Mandel. Mandel will perform at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 30 at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center’s Castle Theater in Kahului. It was never his intention to become a comedian. I asked ...
“In looking for a high school show, you’re looking for a number of things — literary merit, reputation, popularity, range in the number and variety of roles, and a challenging yet entertaining script for teenagers,” says Chris Kepler, King Kekaulike drama instructor and director of ...
Director Francis Tau‘a shares this observation of people in his letter in the program for “My Three Angels,” the holiday show presented by ProArts Playhouse in Kihei. “The premise of convicts with hearts of gold is perhaps an outdated one, but the message of ‘people are not always ...
Stage Review Early into “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” currently at the Historic Iao Theater in Wailuku, Ricky Jones as Caractacus Potts sings, “Teamwork, can make a dream work — can make the greatest dreams come true.” The Maui OnStage production, which opened last weekend, bills ...
The anti-Christmas story did not originate with American films such as “Bad Santa,” “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” or even “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” The idea of a family or individual filled with anxiety and impending doom on Christmas Eve dates back to the ...
As a child I used to watch “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” on television every Thanksgiving. Its book and the Dick Van Dyke film were to Generation X what Harry Potter is to millennials. In 1964, at the height of success for Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels and the Sean Connery film ...
