Christian M. Kealohanui

Wailuku, Hawaii – I wouldn’t be able to name the plays that I’ve already seen at this theater.  I think this was the third or fourth time I’ve been here to watch a show.  It’s always refreshing to come because as a traveler with a good amount of miles under my belt, it reminds me of the times that we’ve visited other venues, i.e., Lunt-Fontanne, New World Stages, Neil Simon Theater, to name a few.

We went on Sunday and it was the last performance.  To preface, I’m starting to blog all of the places that I visit.  Food, entertainment, travel, etc.  Over the years, we have visited so many wonderful places, out-of-state and locally and it had always been my idea to journal about it.  But with all of the excitement and picture taking, one just gets caught in the moment.  And then it’s always back to reality with work and other obligations and then the fire sort of burns out.  

But from now on, everything needs to be documented. Now, I’m fresh meat when it comes to knowing anything about plays…

And to be honest, my favorite are the musical shows involving pop music, r&b, hip hop, etc.  I’m starting to really focus on understanding the more, “dialogue” kind of shows where you have to pay attention to understand what is going on.  I feel like the shows at this venue are more dialogue driven (at least the one’s that I’ve seen), but there are a lot of play buffs that attend the shows.  This is their wheel house.  It appears they effortlessly know what is going on.  It almost feels like I’m the only one that didn’t study for the test.  But everyone else did and they’re all going to get A’s and I’ll probably at least get a C or worse.

Not to elude that I didn’t enjoy it.  I absolutely did.  I loved being there, I loved the company, I enjoyed watching all of the actors and actresses effortlessly doing their thing.  But I especially liked watching the children actors/actresses not miss a beat on where they needed to be, and reciting their lines.  And how much they enjoy doing it.  They have very bright futures in acting ahead of them!

Basically, and to my understanding (which isn’t saying much lol), this is a story about Peter Pan before he became Peter Pan, and Captain Hook before he became Captain Hook and how Captain Hook really lost his arm I think?  Well, I’m saying too much already.  But here is an excerpt from “Maui On Stage”.

“This show is a fascinating, watery tale of how a nameless orphan boy becomes Peter Pan, how the dread pirate Black Stache becomes Captain Hook, and how Mollusk Island becomes Neverland.  No strings. No wires. Peter sails, swims, swashbuckles, and ultimately soars on pure imagination, inspired stagecraft, and fearless theatricality.  Peter and the Starcatcher is a chance to allow your imagination to FLY!”