“This is the 33rd show, and it sadly will be the last,” said Brian Evans, when I asked about his hobby producing the celebrated Maui Celebrity Series. “I was never a promoter, as any credible promoter could confirm. I’ve always just been a singer who did this fun thing on Maui. It’s ...
If there is a recurring theme for this holiday season it would be “sold out.” Backstage only covers the performing arts, but when you include the immensely popular annual concerts such as “Willie Wonderland” and “Holiday Pops” alongside the recent productions of “Nutcracker ...
Ken Ludwig’s “The Games Afoot: Or Holmes for the Holidays” has more twists and turns than the road to Hana. This masterfully crafted script is the perfect blend of mystery, farce, non-fiction and several surprise endings. Its lead character, William Gillette, played with a pompous ...
Although many holiday-themed events are nearly sold out all over Maui, there is a bounty of delightful performances to choose from this weekend. With more than 150 dancers participating, families and friends alone make the Maui Academy of Performing Arts’ “Nutcracker ...
The tumultuousness of the 2016 election cycle should make Bill Maher’s annual New Year’s all-star comedy show on Maui especially unmatched. I spoke by phone with Margaret Cho on the morning of Election Day, and Maher and Dana Gould just after the surprising results. I asked Cho what the ...
Over 20 years ago, Cameron Mackintosh (“Les Miserables,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Miss Saigon,” “Cats”) approached the author of “Mary Poppins,” P.L. Travers, about developing a stage version of the 1964 Walt Disney film. Travers, fiercely loyal to her books, initially ...
