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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, March 30, 2007

Ongoing events

Advertiser Staff

The indicates admission is $5 or less, or free. Full-price admission is listed; * denotes discounts (or free) for students, seniors, military, members, children and/or advance purchase. Call venue for details.

STAGE

"42nd Street," Broadway musical about an aspiring chorus singer, premiering 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Ron Bright theater, Kane'ohe; repeats 2 p.m. April 6-7, 15 and 22, 7:30 p.m. April 13-14 and 20-21; $15*. 233-5626.

"Under Milk Wood," set in the fictional Welsh village of Llareggub, premiering 8 p.m. Thursday, Leeward Community College Lab Theatre; repeats 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays through April 14; $7. 455-0549.

"The Cherry Orchard," a family is in danger of losing their orchard unless they can find the money to save it in this comedy-drama, premiering 8 p.m. today, Paul and Vi Loo Theatre, Hawai'i Pacific University, Kane'ohe; repeats 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays through April 29; $20*. 375-1282.

"Sweet Charity," the story of Charity Hope Valentine, who looks for love in all the wrong places, 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, (3 p.m. matinee Saturday and April 7) and 4 p.m. Sundays through April 8, Diamond Head Theatre; $12*-$42*. 733-0274, www.diamondheadtheatre.com.

"Kamau," drama explores relationships, moral ambiguities and realities of life in contemporary Hawai'i, 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays (except April 8) through April 15, Kumu Kahua Theatre; $16*. 536-4441, www.kumukahua.org.

SHOWROOMS

"Blue Hawai'i," featuring Elvis impressionist Jonathon Von Brana, 6:15 p.m. daily except Wednesdays; dinner seating 5 p.m., cocktail seating 5:45 p.m.; $69* for dinner (deluxe dinner, $89*); cocktail show, $42* (kama'aina dinner $51.31*; cocktails only $30.37*), Blue Hawai'i Theatre, Ohana Waikiki Beachcomber hotel. 923-1245.

"Cirque Hawaii," exotic new-age circus of acrobats, jugglers, bungee jumpers and contortionists, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. daily except Wednesdays; $75*, $55* (kama'aina $44.55*, $52.92*, $66.33*); dinner packages available; Cirque Hawaii Theatre, 325 Seaside Ave. 922-0017.

"Creation — A Polynesian Journey," a mythical journey through song and dance, about the creation of man and woman in a South Seas context, 5:45 p.m. buffet seating, 6 p.m. cocktail seating daily except Mondays and Wednesdays; $115 deluxe dinner, $69.50* standard dinner, $38* cocktails only (kama'aina $63*, $68*, $105*); Ainahau Showroom, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani hotel. 922-5811.

"Danny Couch — The Voice of These Islands," with hula, dinner at 5:15 p.m., show at 7:30 Mondays and Wednesdays beginning April 4, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani hotel, Ainahau Showroom; $69.50 dinner, $38 cocktails. 931-4600, www.dannycouch.com.

Don Ho, Mr. Waikiki in his longrunning revue, 8 p.m. Sundays and Thursdays; $65 for dinner (6:30 p.m. seating), $40 for cocktails only (7:15 p.m. seating), kama'aina dinner $50*, kama'aina show $30*; Hoku Hale Showroom, Ohana Waikiki Beachcomber hotel. 923-3981.

"Magic of Polynesia," illusionist John Hirokawa puts an Island spin on his wizardry, 8:20 p.m. daily (seating at 7 p.m.); deluxe dinner, $136.13* ; regular dinner $79.58*; cocktails only $50.26* (kama'aina $37*, $55*); Ohana Waikiki Beachcomber hotel. 971-4321.

Society of Seven Las Vegas, spinoff group of the classic Society of Seven; 8:30 p.m. daily except Mondays; dinner seating, 7 p.m.; $72*; cocktails only, $47*, plus drinks (kama'aina $51.25*, $29.50*); Main Showroom, Outrigger Waikiki Hotel on the Beach. 923-7469.

MUSIC & DANCE

Ala Moana Center entertainment: Easter Bunny photos, during mall hours today-April 8; 111th Army Band, 2-2:45 p.m. and Granite Hills High School Choir, 4-4:45 p.m. Saturday; Maria Lauer Voice Studio, 12-12:45 p.m. Sunday; The Steptaculars, 12-12:45 p.m. Monday; St. John's High School, 2-2:45 p.m. Monday; Maury High School, 4-4:45 p.m. Tuesday; Keiki Hula Show, 10-11 a.m. Sundays; Polynesian Cultural Center, 12-12:45 p.m. Tuesdays; free. 955-9517.

Pearlridge Center entertainment: Uptown: Dance Artistry performance followed by Performing Artist Academy, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday; Hema Pa'a followed by Halau Hula Mai Ka Pu'uwai a Ka Mana'o, 1-3:30 p.m. Sunday; Pali Momi health screening, 7:30-9:30 a.m. Monday; DOE Central District Community Resource Fair, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Tuesday; Walk In the Mall with St. Francis Hospice Bereavement Services, 8-9 a.m. Wednesday; senior-citizen information display, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Thursday; Easter Bunny photos, during center hours today-April 7; Keiki Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.-noon Tuesdays; Junior Keiki Tuesday and chess lessons, 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays; free. 488-0981.

Windward Mall entertainment: Easter Bunny photos, today-April 7 during mall hours; photo packages start at $15, bunny visits are free. 235-1143, www.windwardmall.com.

Royal Hawaiian Band, 8 a.m. Sunday, in Palm Sunday Parade; 2 p.m. Sunday, at Scottish Festival; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, in Salute to Youth Parade; noon-1 p.m. Fridays, 'Iolani Palace grounds; free. 922-5331.

Kuhio Beach torch-lighting and hula show, 6:30 p.m. daily, Kuhio Beach hula mound; free. 843-8002.

Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center entertainment: Josiah Kekoa Trio, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays; Hawaiian quilting classes, 4:15-6:15 p.m. Wednesdays; Soundettes of Hawaii, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays; Pu'uhonua, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays; Ku'uipo Kumukahi, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Fridays; lei-making classes, 4:15-5:15 p.m. Mondays; hula and 'ukulele lessons, 4:15-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; free. 922-2299.

TOURS & ATTRACTIONS

Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens: keiki focused guided walking tour, 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. daily (1 p.m. Sundays only); $14.50*. 239-6775, www.fonggarden.com.

Chinatown Historic and Cultural Walking Tour, presented by Hawai'i Heritage Center, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays; meet at 1040 Smith St.; $10*. 521-2749.

Aloha Friday King's Jubilee, with flag ceremony, precision rifle drill and musical revue, followed by fireworks display, 7 p.m. Fridays (no fireworks display April 6), Hilton Hawaiian Village; free. 949-4321, ext. 77881.

Na Ali'i, 2-hour cultural walking tour of Waikiki with Hawaiian storyteller Woody Fern, 9-11 a.m. Saturdays, Outrigger Reef on the Beach, Hoaloha canoe; free. 924-6007.

Hawaiian Railway Train Rides, 1 and 3 p.m. Sundays, 91-1001 Renton Road, 'Ewa; narrated, 90-minute roundtrip to Kahe Point; $10*. 681-5461.

Chinatown Museum Walking Tours, Chinatown and harbor or Capital District, 10:30 a.m.-noon Mondays-Saturdays, Hawaiian Chinese Multi-cultural Museum and Archives, Maunakea Marketplace; $10. Reservations: 595-3358.

Ocean Drifters, seasonally rotating exhibit of jellyfish, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily, Waikiki Aquarium; $9* general, $6 kama'aina. 923-9741.

Sing-along, Hawaiian music, hymns and oldies, 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Continental Surf Hotel; free; 947-9993, 554-3738.

Moonlight Mondays, for nightlife industry workers, 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Mondays, Aiea Bowling Complex; $25. 778-8888.