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Casting spells
April 29, 2010 Religion has the power to cast spells — both good and bad. In the right hands, these spells can transform, heal and empower. In the wrong hands, they can distort, dehumanize and even kil. more »»
STAGE REVIEW
April 29, 2010 King Kekaulike High School’s “The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree” is one rollicking, swashbuckling night of theater. Don’t take it from me, thoug. more »»
King Kekaulike’s ‘Lady Pirates’ hold audiences captive with comic musical swashbuckling
April 22, 2010 Ahoy and avast! Thar be marauding and pillaging in the halls of King Kekaulike High Schoo. more »»
Got Milk Wood?
April 22, 2010 Time passes. Listen. Time passes. This is the only imperative “First Voice” issues in Dylan Thomas’ “Under Milk Wood,” and it’s one we’d do well to honor. more »»
Spade trumps a club
April 15, 2010 Lahaina’s smartass quotient is about to get a major boost when actor/comedian David Spade hits the Maui Theatre on Friday, April 3. more »»
STAGE REVIEW: The sweet smell of success
April 15, 2010 ‘Stop smelling!” Mrs. Fujiuchi admonished her idealistic, self-deprecating employee, Nornette, in “Half Dozen Long Stem,” which ran last weekend at the Historic Iao Theater. more »»
Eavesdropping on dreams
April 8, 2010 In the age of Google Earth we can gaze into our computer screen and be instantly transported anywhere in the world. more »»
Playing with PASSION
April 1, 2010 Spring has sprung and something’s stirring under Maui’s tropical moonlit skies. It’s a bit of a secret. more »»
Tears of pain, tears of laughter in our little performing-arts Mecca
March 25, 2010 This weekend I was reminded how lucky we are to live on a tiny island in the middle of the vast Pacific that holds such a rich, dense spectrum of opportunities to be entertained and enriched. more »»
Local boy Paul Rodriguez returns to his comedy roots
March 18, 2010 You think I meant to say “homeboy,” huh? I know you’re laughing and thinking I have my semi- politically-incorrect terms all mixed up. But listen. more »»
MAPA takes on troubling topic in ‘The Secret Life of Girls’
March 11, 2010 “I’m going to tell you a secret - and I don't want you to tell. The secret is about me - about my life - how it will never be the same again. more »»
STAGE REVIEW: Maui OnStage brings ‘Mockingbird’ to life
March 11, 2010 How do we know when a story’s a “classic”? When we never get tired of hearing it, seeing it and reading it over and over again. more »»
‘Birdie’ soars into Baldwin
March 4, 2010 What’s wrong with these kids today? Spend a few hours in the Baldwin drama room with the cast of “Bye Bye Birdie” and you’ll know the answer. Absolutely nothing. more »»
STAGE REVIEW: It's broad! It's bawdy! It's Moliere!
March 4, 2010 To Americans, French stuff can be a little intimidating. Who hasn’t circled around a dome of fois gras waiting for someone more Frenchy to take the first greasy swipe? OK, maybe that’s just me. more »»
A swan song and a ‘Mockingbird’
February 25, 2010 ‘And … action!” the director calls, and the homey front porch in Maycomb, Ala., comes alive as the actors of “To Kill a Mockingbird” begin their first run-through of Act I. more »»
Seabury students ‘Learned’ comedy from the master as they open a Moliere farce.
February 18, 2010 Next time you chuckle at a TV sitcom, thank Moliere. The 17th-century French playwright was the first to make everyday domestic affairs the subject of comedy. more »»
V isn’t just for Valentine anymore as ‘Vagina Monologues’ return
February 11, 2010 ‘Vagina” this, “vagina” that — a girlfriend of mine who’s an ob-gyn used to fling the word around in casual conversation. The rest of us would gasp and giggl. more »»
Black Grace
February 4, 2010 The recent history of New Zealand’s leading contemporary dance company is as stormy as its work. more »»
‘Go Ask Alice’
January 28, 2010 ‘It’s a risk to do this show,” drama teacher Chris Kepler is telling his acting class at King Kekaulike High School. more »»
DANCE REVIEW
January 28, 2010 Under the muscle, the power and the grace, what the Mark Morris Dance Group really wanted to do in the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Castle Theater last Thursday was pla. more »» |
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