Review: MASTER CLASS at Diamond Head TheatreJanuary 28, 2025There is magic afoot at Diamond Head Theatre with the Tony-winning American classic Master Class, penned by the late great Terrence McNally. With beautiful set design (and cameos!) by Randy Tandal, deft direction by Bryce Chaddick, and an incomparable performance by leading lady Amy K. Sullivan, this one is not to be missed.
LOCAL SPOTLIGHT: EZEKIEL KEKUNAJanuary 25, 2025From Kāne'ohe to The Lion King on Broadway, Ezekiel talks about hard work, dedication, inspiration, and what it takes to make it to the Great White Way.
Review: WHITE CHRISTMAS at Diamond Head TheatreDecember 12, 2024Released in 1954, ten years after D-Day, the movie White Christmas was a bonafide blockbuster. It was the first Paramount movie shot in the widescreen VistaVision format, and featured rich and vivid Technicolor, which the costumers and set designers used to their full advantage.
Previews: Hawaii Winter Theatre Preview RoundupNovember 1, 2024The holiday season is just around the corner, and the islands have some wonderful theatre offerings to keep spirits high! Check out some of the shows we’re looking forward to, broken down by island, and listed in order of opening date.
Review: LOVEY LEE at Kumu Kahua TheatreSeptember 6, 2024Moses Goods’ “superhero origin story” Lovey Lee finally comes back home to Kumu Kahua Theatre four years after its digital premier over Zoom in 2020. Based on the true story of māhū icon Kealoha “Lovey Lee” Kelekolio, the show paints an intricate, beautiful, and often heartbreaking portrait of queer Hawaiian existence in the 1970s, straddling the very different worlds of Lovey’s one hānau and San Fransisco.
Review: DISNEY'S FROZEN, THE BROADWAY MUSICAL at Diamond Head TheatreAugust 14, 2024Diamond Head Theatre casts an icy spell over the heat of Hawaii’s kauwela with its 2023-2024 season closer of Disney’s Frozen, a “monster” of a show and a tremendous get for the Hawai’i theatre scene. This is by far one of the biggest undertakings artistically and technically in recent DHT history, even bringing on Broadway vet Charlie Williams to direct, who has been a part of this show since its pre-Broadway run in 2017.