Critic's Choice

Mini-reviews of stage productions
By Advertiser Theater Critic Joseph Rozmiarek

• "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris": This cabaret-style performance will have you going home to look up and savor the lyrics. Brel's songs are packed with human drama and each is a story in itself. Repeats at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays, through April 11 at the Hawai'i Pacific University theater, in Kane'ohe. Tickets are $18 general, $14 seniors, military, students, HPU faculty and staff, $3 HPU students; discounts available Thursdays. 375-1282.

• "The Trip to Bountiful": From The Actors' Group: Excellent performances make the story of an old woman's escape back to her roots glow with warmth. A large cast and crew make the production bigger than you'd expect in the tiny Kaka'ako theater. Premieres at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, repeating at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays, through April 18 at The Yellow Brick Studio, 625 Keawe St. Tickets are $10. 722-6941.