STAGE REVIEW Suspense classics are tricky to stage live. A clever script can only take you so far. Audiences must be transported to a place of believability, they must be surprised, but most importantly they must be captivated. “Sleuth,” which opened last weekend at the ProArts ...

Alexander Academy of Performing Arts’ original ballet, “The Jungle Book,” presented last weekend at Seabury Hall’s ‘A‘ali‘ikuhonua Creative Arts Center in Makawao, was remarkably entertaining. The ballet opened on Friday night with exciting and athletic choreography by Hallie ...

Previewing and reviewing mystery plays with their precisely crafted puzzle, dependence on twists and turns and reversals of fortune is a conundrum for theater writers. To share even a vague outline of plot development with the reader is a major risk in spoiling an audience’s experience. ...

The Tony Awards, telecast Sunday, June 9 on CBS, is likely to be a night of surprises. The 2018-19 theater season featured no clear-cut hit show, a mere two musical revivals and a great many nominations for Broadway newcomers. The musical categories are toss ups this year with ...

“I had so much fun on ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘The Little Mermaid’ in building a ballet from the ground up,” said Amelia Couture, artistic director of Alexander Academy Performing Company’s original ballet, “The Jungle Book,” which opens next weekend at ...

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