In Hollywood, writing a screenplay usually involves a team of producers asking for changes or buying the property outright and re-inventing the story — that is if you are lucky. In theater, the answer from producers is almost always, “Thanks, but no thanks.” If a production company ...
A funny thing is happening at the Historic Iao Theater in Wailuku — Neil Simon’s farce “Rumors.” When the play debuted on Broadway, The New York Times said it, “Has nothing on its mind except making the audience laugh,” and that spot-on description mirrors the current Maui OnStage ...
Stage Review As voracious consumers of American movies and television, we are all subconsciously prone to focus on the person who is talking. In theater, by doing so you are only seeing one fragment of a story. ProArts’ “Other Desert Cities” may be its most captivating production, but ...
The recent passing of legendary playwright Neil Simon at the age of 91 presented an unanticipated perspective of Maui OnStage’s season opening production, Simon’s 1980’s “Rumors,” as the Historic Iao Theater in Wailuku celebrates 90 years of hosting entertainment events and embarks on ...
“Anytime you can make an audience laugh, but leave the theater thinking, and even crying a little bit, it is a good thing,” says “Other Desert Cities” Director Mark Collmer. The comedy-drama by Jon Robin Baitz, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2012, makes its Maui premiere ...
Theater’s off-season has shrunk to a mere few weeks in recent years as the 2018-19 season began last month on both Maui and Broadway. “Pretty Woman: the Musical” is already a hit, and “Moulin Rouge!” is currently running in Boston and soon headed to Broadway. Additional musicals ...