SHOW BIZ
Don Ho's GM to head up restaurant group
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Editor
NAME-DROPPING: David Nagaishi is the new operations manager for John Peterson Ltd., the restaurant group of John McManus and Eric Horst's that includes the Shorebird Beach Broiler in the Outrigger Reef, the popular Lewers Street Fish Company in the Ohana Reef Towers and the Lahaina Fish Company on Maui. The chain will soon welcome its newest, the Ocean House at the Outrigger Reef. To say that Nagaishi knows fish is to put it mildly; he is winding up his stint as general manager at Don Ho's Island Grill and earlier was associated with Nick's Fishmarket, The Black Orchid and Pier 7 Restaurants. He's a behind-the-scenes asset for any restaurant ...
Comedian Frank DeLima does double duty on Mother's Day (May 12), performing at the Ala Moana Hotel's Hibiscus Ballroom twice. The brunch show will be from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. ($34 adults, $16 children younger than 12), the dinner show, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. ($36 adults, $18 children younger than 12). Both feature buffet meals. Call 955-4811 ...
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RANDOM NOTES: The Society of Seven (the original group, led by Tony Ruivivar) is out of town, hitting the main showroom at Harrah's Reno this weekend before opening a three-month gig April 23 at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, where they will fill in for Tony Orlando. In Las Vegas recently, members of the group had a reunion with local fave Martin Nievera, still based in the Philippines. Nievera has been touring Canada and the United States, and is dickering to hold a concert in Honolulu later this year ...
With SOS on tour, the spin-off Society of Seven Las Vegas is back in the spotlight at the Outrigger Waikiki's Main Showroom ...
In and out of town: Local actress Jade Stice. She's hankering to audition for the Broadway-bound "Flower Drum Song" ...
Sight 'ems: Canadian singer Sarina Paris has been hanging out at the Ocean Resort Hotel in Waikiki, where models Kaila Yu and Aiko Tanaka also are ensconced. The trio dined a few days back at L'Uraku Restaurant ...
Jazz great George Benson makes a rare radio appearance at 9:30 a.m. Sunday on Maui's I FM 95.1, with Jack Gist as host. Henry Allen, a jazz great himself, sat in on the interview, which will air tape-delayed ...
After 5 1/2 years, Charlene Kauhane, Maui Visitors Bureau director of public relations, is moving to London next month. Her successor will be Keli'i Brown, public relations director at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalei ...
Contrary to what was reported in Hype, a local publication, Bruce Willis — here for "Hostile Rescue" filming — isn't going to perform, much less be present, at Pipeline Cafe tomorrow, says the film's publicist. It's a hoax of sorts ...
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LIFE IN THE TROPICS: Apparently, you can take it with you. At auditions prior to the casting and subsequent opening of Hawai'i Pacific University's "You Can't Take It With You" production, now under way at HPU's Windward campus, someone made off with the scripts. Replacements had to be ordered ...
The 7th Annual Jammin Hawaiians concert, at 5 p.m. April 27 at the Waikiki Shell, will be a tribute to the late Dennis Pavao. Performers include Fiji, Sean Na'auao, Ho'aikane, Ten Feet, Ho'onua. Gates open at 2:30 p.m. and tickets are $10 at Ticket Plus outlets ...
And that's Show Biz ...
Wayne Harada's Show Biz runs Wednesdays and Fridays; reach him at wharada@honoluluadver tiser.com, 525-8067, or fax 525-8055.
