MID-PACIFC INSTITUTE

by F.H. Kekoa - December 12, 2024

Released 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. ...

by F.H. Kekoa - December 07, 2024

Local stories are always in style....

by F.H. Kekoa - November 27, 2024

Gods and mortals, stories and songs, sea and sand--all make a splash at Mānoa Valley Theatre!...

by F.H. Kekoa - September 06, 2024

Moses 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...

by F.H. Kekoa - August 14, 2024

Diamond 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, ...

by F.H. Kekoa - July 15, 2024

This show is doing the most! The first of three offerings for the Hawaii Shakespeare Festival runs now through July 22....

by F.H. Kekoa - July 02, 2024

What did our critic think of TOOTSIE at Diamond Head Theatre?...

by F.H. Kekoa - June 21, 2024

KĀMAU, KĀMAU A'E, and UA PAU run Thurs-Sat, with the full trilogy on Sunday, through June 30 at Kumu Kahua Theatre....

by F.H. Kekoa - June 04, 2024

A powerhouse performance by Dwight T Martin leads a talented cast of Arthur Miller's masterpiece of American theatre....