Radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger — a controversial marriage therapist known for her blunt talk, but also for calling homosexuality a "biological error" — will bring her touring one-woman theatrical show, "Dr. Laura: In My Never to Be Humble Opinion," to the Hawai'i Theatre Thursday for its final performance.

Billed as "radio's No. 1 relationship and family values talk-show host," Schlessinger said in a news release that her stage performance gives audiences an understanding of how "I came to be me."

Each performance comes with a long stream of advice — Schlessinger's specialty.

Schlessinger is the author of 11 books, including her latest New York Times-ranked best-seller, "Stop Whining, Start Living."

One of the most popular radio hosts for 30 years, no one would ever call her a shrinking violet. She's been described as the iron maiden of radio talk shows. Schlessinger, who often comes across the air waves as the authority on ethical behavior and strong relationships, once told the Miami Herald: "Medicine doesn't always taste good. I'm not cherry-flavored."

Whether on purpose or not, she generates controversy. (Schlessinger declined a request for an interview that included questions about her controversial statements.)

In 1998, she got into a well-publicized argument with her former mentor and lover, Bill Balance, after he sold nude photos to an Internet Web site.

Then in 2000, her comments about gays and lesbians prompted her to apologize through a full-page ad in Daily Variety for what she called her "poorly chosen" words.

And last year, Schlessinger provoked outcry when former-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's connection to a prostitute prompted her to say that wives in general — but not Spitzer's wife — share some of the blame for a cheating spouse.

A few weeks later, she told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution how amused she gets at "how people's heads explode" whenever she talks about the responsibilities of husbands and wives.

"It amazes me that women, in particular, seem to prefer to embrace the role of victims where they are at the mercy of events around them, rather than have a purpose-filled life where they take responsibility and get control of their life and happiness," Schlessinger said.