Stage Reviews A busy weekend of summer camp youth theater productions provided something for audiences of all ages last week. The lavish production of “Disney’s Frozen JR.” is a feast for the eyes featuring 61 youth performers, an impressive rotating set by Jamie Tait, superb costumes ...

Stage Review “Mamma Mia!” is not John Steinbeck nor Stephen Sondheim, but it is the most fun you will have this summer. Special effects and multiple stage surprises certainly contribute to the wow factor of “Mamma Mia!,” but it is the quality vocals, rich harmonies, breakout ...

As is always the case with theater on Maui, it’s either feast or famine. Following a quiet June, three youth theater productions — “Legally Blonde JR.,” “Disney’s Frozen JR.” and “Disney’s My Son Pinocchio, JR.” — featuring more than 120 students are set open next week in ...

To divulge a little honesty, when “Mamma Mia!” began its American warmup at San Francisco’s Orpheum Theater in 2000 before opening on Broadway, I happened to be in San Francisco for Thanksgiving. I saw the massive marquee and dismissively said to my cousin while walking down Market ...

Live comedy has had a series of ups and downs over the years on Maui. In the 1980s, resorts and nightclubs would occasionally host comedy tours, and since the opening of the Maui Arts and Cultural Center in Kahului, dozens of A-list comics have performed at both the Castle Theater and McCoy ...

Whenever live theater has a brief lull, it means that the designers and volunteer craftspersons are hard at work creating theater dreams — sets, costumes, lighting, props and all the unheralded components necessary for the next big show. Few have been more active in theater design on Maui ...