Stage Review MAPA Live! concludes “Into the Woods” music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine, directed by David C. Johnston, under the musical direction of Gary W. Leavitt. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday in Castle Theater at the Maui ...

Director of MAPA Live’s production of “Into the Woods,” David C. Johnston compares the ethereal Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical to Joseph Campbell’s mythology classic, “The Hero with a Thousand Faces.” Sometimes called the “monomyth,” or “hero’s journey,” and ...

In the summer of 2008, I was asked by former Maui OnStage Executive Director Alexis Dascoulias to assist with the 80th anniversary celebrations of the Historic Iao Theater in Wailuku. Though a decade has now passed, the Grand Dame of Wailuku is not only still going strong, but its beauty and ...

Since Vinnie Linares’ Oh Boy Productions presented last summer’s “Medea,” he and frequent collaborator Jennifer Rose have been motivated to produce additional thought-provoking plays on Maui. “There is an audience for this type of material, but they have been denied because this is ...

Comedian and actress Iliza Shlesinger has been quietly establishing herself as one of the best and hardest-working comics in America for the past half-dozen years. Never heard of her? Millennials certainly have, and her latest comedy special “Elder Millennial” debuted last week on ...

Lahaina’s Theatre Theatre Maui’s current production of “Oliver!” is a bold choice, armed with many standout performances in an unconventional setting, which moves the classical tale by Charles Dickens from Victorian London to an unspecified post-apocalyptic British future. Director ...