Show Biz
Beach Boy Mike Love planning Keo's encore
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Editor
ABOUT PEOPLE: Mike Love, a member of the Beach Boys, dined at Keo's in Waikiki the other night and told owner Keo Sananikone that he was doing a show for an insurance company at the Hawai'i Convention Center. He vowed to return for a second serving of Thai food ...
Augie Rey, last seen at Harry's Bar in the Hyatt Regency Waikiki, opens a Friday-and-Saturday-night gig Nov. 2 at Nick's Fishmarket in the Waikiki Gateway Hotel. Rey will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on weekends with his new group, The Little Big Band, which features singing daughter Tahiti (who doubles on percussion), Michael Boe on keyboards and vocals, and Alfredo Romero on bass and vocals. Romero, of course, is the former Society of Seven member ...
Seattle Seahawks players (La'ie's Itula Mili among them) love the music of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, so expect to see some of the footballers wearing Iz T-shirts in practice sessions and on TV interviews. It's all part of the reaction to "Alone in IZ World," currently the No. 1 CD on Billboard's World Music charts ...
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Itemizations: The Actors' Group's "Equus," the Peter Shaffer drama now at the Yellow Brick Studio, is provocative adult entertainment, with bravura performances from Eric Nemoto as the psychiatrist Dysart and Noah Johnson as the confused lad Alan Strang. You won't see better theater than this — as fascinating as it is uncomfortable. TAG is truly Hawai'i's off-off-Broadway showcase, a can-do operation that yields big results with minimal resources. Director Brad Powell has a hit on his hands; the 35-seat theater has been accommodating more than 40 some evenings, so the confined space truly puts the psychological tension right in your face. And set designer Todd Middleton (who doubles as a Horseman) is a true magician, creating a turntable stage in that wee space ...
Tim Bostock just presented the "Flying Fruit Fly Circus" at the Hawai'i Theatre, showcasing the Australian youngsters who were the hit of the Sydney Olympics. In keeping with his generous nature, he designated opening night as a benefit for the Susan G. Komen Hawai'i Race for the Cure, which raises money to fight breast cancer (the disease claimed his mother), and made a $2,500 contribution to the organization. Bostock's next show: mime Marcel Marceau, Nov. 1 and 2 at the Blaisdell Concert Hall ...
Sorry, we misstated the Jim Nabors Christmas concert dates in this space on Wednesday. The holiday show will be Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 and 2, at the Hawai'i Theatre ...
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Around 'N' About: Bruce Williams, national radio talk show host, has flown more miles in one week than most folks log in a lifetime, all to prove a point. He paused in Honolulu last weekend, marking the halfway point in his two-week quest to prove to the American public that flying is safe. He had flown more than 25,000 miles in the first week on Continental's B767-400 aircraft and is logging another 25,000 miles this week. Imagine eating, sleeping and doing your radio show as you hop-scotch across America ...
Keith Haugen's Hawaiiana course at Star of the Sea lured 23 — a mix of kama'aina and malihini, Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian, men and women from all walks of life. Should put "a few shillings into the nice small school we operate," said Haugen ...
And that's Show Biz ...
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