‘South Pacific,” the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on James Michener’s “Tales of the South Pacific,” is being made into a new film, and Hugh Jackman has been tapped to play Emile de Beque. Read more
Broadway has been bustling with diversity en route to tonight’s Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall (7 p.m., CBS). Here are recapitulations of 10 shows I caught last month. Read more
The Hawaii spirit lives — onstage and offstage — in the Big Apple. During a recent nine-night stay I convened with former islanders over lunch and dinner, to catch up on each other’s lives. In-between the Broadway productions, of course. Read more
Mary Gutzi, a Broadway actress-singer, loves the life of a gypsy. She travels to wherever a role or mission beckons, on land or at sea, but her heart remains in Hawaii. Read more
It’ll be Lights! Camera! Resurrection! for comedian Augie T. Read more
Leesa Clark Stone had a “whirlwind courtship” with the late Rap Reiplinger, who initially skipped a blind date with her. Turns out, she would become the only love of his life. Read more
Jack de Mello routinely used a pencil — never a baton — to conduct his orchestra. He died at age 102 on April 27 in Las Vegas. Read more
From the get-go in 1980, when Dwight Martin became producing director of Manoa Valley Theatre, it was clear that he’d pledged his allegiance to the theater. Read more
Islanders will get the first opportunity to obtain and read “Paradise to Paradise: The Rap Reiplinger Story” at the 14th annual Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 4 and 5 at the Civic Center grounds of Honolulu Hale. Read more
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Tumua Tuinei, former University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors player-turned-comedian, makes his Blue Note Hawaii debut Wednesday. He joins headliner Andy Bumatai’s Comic to Comic series. Read more
Lei Day is returning May 1 at the Hawai‘i Convention Center, reinvented and retooled with next-generation tutelage. Read more
Call it March Madness with a show-biz spin. A number of entertainment figures have been experiencing everything from heart problems to infections, from shoulder pain to sinus issues. There have been emergency-room visits, hospital stays and physical therapy. Read more
Kip Wilborn, the singer-actor-director, is the interim theater director at Windward Community Theatre’s Paliku Theatre. He’s also conducting the orchestra for Manoa Valley Theatre’s island premiere of the Broadway musical, “Allegiance.” Read more
Would you consider a Hawaii show (or two) in July? Like, squeeze in a busman’s holiday during this pause? Surely, it’s a costly enterprise; but your cast mates will appreciate the Hawaii break, too. Read more
The Kahala Hilton may be gone, but its loyal former workers across all levels keep the hotel’s spirit and aloha alive. Read more
How’s this for a quick homecoming? Jordan Segundo will perform tunes from the score of the film “The Greatest Showman” at the Super American Circus, set for a run of six performances at Blaisdell Arena. Read more
Andy Bumatai will launch a “Comic to Comic” series when he returns to Blue Note Hawaii this Wednesday. He’ll chat with fellow comic Frank De Lima; it’s a new wrinkle in his continuing stand-up gig. Read more
Lin-Manuel Miranda will star as King Arthur and Hawaii’s Ruthie Ann Miles will be Nimue in “Camelot,” a one-night-only benefit at and for Lincoln Center Theater, at 6:30 p.m. March 4 in New York. Read more
Bruno Mars could be part of your Valentine’s Day cheer this year. Read more
As Tom Holowach, the face and force behind Windward Community College’s Paliku Theatre since its inception, prepares to retire at the end of this month, he promises it won’t be his final curtain call. Read more
The Punahou School grad (class of 1976) timed his Waikiki debut to the school’s carnival this weekend, since alums aplenty are in town. Read more
