Love is in the air for 3 productions
Advertiser Staff Brad Goda Brad Goda Brad Goda Brad Goda Brad Goda Brad Goda
The magic of love ... robot love ... and brotherly love. An entertaining trio of productions enters the spotlight in the next several days.
'DREAM' SEQUENCE
Drunken soap-opera director Chandler (Richard Aadland) loses it when his actoids begin to malfunction in "Comic Potential," beginning Wednesday at Manoa Valley Theatre.
Drunken soap-opera director Chandler (Richard Aadland) loses it when his actoids begin to malfunction in "Comic Potential," beginning Wednesday at Manoa Valley Theatre.
Drunken soap-opera director Chandler (Richard Aadland) loses it when his actoids begin to malfunction in "Comic Potential," beginning Wednesday at Manoa Valley Theatre.
Drunken soap-opera director Chandler (Richard Aadland) loses it when his actoids begin to malfunction in "Comic Potential," beginning Wednesday at Manoa Valley Theatre.
Drunken soap-opera director Chandler (Richard Aadland) loses it when his actoids begin to malfunction in "Comic Potential," beginning Wednesday at Manoa Valley Theatre.
Drunken soap-opera director Chandler (Richard Aadland) loses it when his actoids begin to malfunction in "Comic Potential," beginning Wednesday at Manoa Valley Theatre.
The Hawaii Shakespeare Festival's fourth season comes to a close in colorful fashion with "A Midsummer Night's Dream," the beloved romp about true love, mistaken identity, fairies who rule a forest, an actor who turns into a donkey and more. It's directed by Harry Wong III.
The festival's other productions — "The Winter's Tale" and "Romeo and Juliet" — also are continuing.
"Midsummer" showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Saturday and July 22, 27-28 and 30; and at 3:30 p.m. Sunday and July 23 and 31 at Earle Ernst Lab Theatre, University of Hawai'i-Manoa. Tickets are $18 general, $16 seniors and military, $14 group rate (10 or more tickets for one show), $10 students; season tickets are $42. 550-8457, www.hawaiishakes.com.
TAPPING THE FUNNY BONE
Manoa Valley Theatre's 36th season comes to a close with "Comic Potential," a comedy by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn.
The action takes place in the television industry of the near future: As a hospital soap opera is being taped, an actoid (robot actor) has developed technical difficulties and an actoid in a nurse role seems to have human traits beyond her programming. All this is witnessed by a young, idealistic writer named Alan, who develops a special relationship with the nurse actoid.
The play is directed by Bill Ogilvie.
"Comic Potential" premieres at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, repeating at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 4 p.m. Sundays, through Aug. 7 at Manoa Valley Theatre. Tickets are $25 general, $20 seniors and military; $15 for those 25 and younger. 988-6131, manoavalleytheatre.com.
'DREAMCOAT' AT PALIKU
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" is a production of Hawai'i Education of the ARTS (HEARTS). The popular Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical is a tale of jealousy and forgiveness, based loosely on the biblical tale of favorite-son Joseph and his brothers.
Dana Ledoux directs.
Showtimes are 1 and 7 p.m. Thursday and July 22, and at 7 p.m. July 23 at Paliku Theatre, Windward Community College. Tickets are $5 for matinees and $10 for evening shows. 235-3082.
