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Dance Maui 2017

“Dance Maui is driven by its mission to recognize the breadth and depth of Maui’s vibrant professional dancers,” says Dance Maui 2017 Director Nicole Humphrey. “This festival is all about our shared experience as performers and audience members. It creates channels for collaboration ...

Moliere is modern and cool

“Are you cool, classy, part of the in-crowd?” asks Todd Van Amburgh, director of the upcoming Seabury Hall Performing Arts production of “The Wanna-Be Gentleman.” This modern version of Moliere’s classic comedy, “The Bourgeois Gentleman,” is the farcical tale of a man who has ...

Faustwork Mask Theatre ‘unmasks’

“I turned down Carnegie Hall,” said Rob Faust, director and performer of Faustwork Mask Theatre, when asked what are some of his favorite touring stops over the past 30 years. “It’s better than saying I played Carnegie Hall. That’s my favorite place that I’ve never played.” ...

Youth theater on Maui thrives

Described when it first opened on Broadway as, “A musical perfect for the whole family,” “Seussical” has been transporting audiences into the world of Dr. Seuss for more than a decade. This weekend the 42 children of Maui OnStage Youth Theater between the ages of 7 and 15 will open ...

The many faces of . . . David Kaye

“I could have gone to Maui, instead I went into a battle zone,” said David Kaye, a faculty member of the department of theater and dance at the University of New Hampshire since 1996. In 2011, Kaye was approached by Maui OnStage to direct its spring production of “Taming of the ...

A new season of dance begins

Though frequently overshadowed by season openings of theater productions, a new season of dance has also begun on Maui. Last week Maui’s contemporary Adaptations Dance Theater held a master class at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului, led by co-artistic directors, Hallie Hunt and ...