OPENING WEEKEND OF MAY 16
“The Legend of Ko‘olau”: New historic drama by Gary T. Kubota about Hawaiian outlaw cowboy Kaluaiko‘olau and his family’s struggle against a rebel militia to stay together on Kauai during the loss of Hawaiian sovereignty in 1893, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Hawaii Theatre. $17-$22. 528-0506, hawaiitheatre.com, http://legendofkoolau.com
“Wedlockout, or Bedfellows Make Strange Politics”: Lanikai Mortgage Players’ spring melodrama, a political play loosely based on the plot of Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” wherein the women withhold bedroom favors until the men quit going to war, 8 p.m. Fridays-Sundays through May 25, Shreve Theater, Lanikai Community Center at Lanikai Park. $7. Free popcorn and dinner-theater seating; BYO refreshments and pupu. 262-5482. http://lanikaimortgageplayers.org
Ballet Hawaii Spring Showcase: A culmination of the year’s classes featuring more than 500 students and excerpts from classical ballets such as “Coppelia,” “Swan Lake” and “Raymonda,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 and 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Leeward Community College Theatre. $19. http://honoluluboxoffice.com
“Clybourne Park”: Bruce Norris’ Tony- and Pulitzer-winning comedy-drama about racial tension and real estate in the fictional Chicago neighborhood from “A Raisin in the Sun,” set in 1959 and then fast-forwarding to 2009; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Manoa Valley Theatre. Shows continue 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays through June 8. $20-$35. 988-6131, http://manoavalleytheatre.com
CLOSING THIS WEEK
“Venus in Fur”: All the World’s a Stage Theatre Company performs David Ives’ Tony-nominated sex comedy about the power play between a play director and an actress, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday, The Creative in the Artists Lofts, 1116 Smith St. $10-$15. Adult content and language. http://awstheatre.org
COMING UP
“Catch Me if You Can”: Musical based on the hit film about a young con man’s lust for the glamorous life, May 23-June 8, Diamond Head Theatre. $15-$35. 733-0274, http://diamondheadtheatre.com
“Glengarry Glen Ross”: The Actors’ Group reprises its production of David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a group of real estate sharks, May 23-June 15, The Brad Powell Theatre. $12-$20. 722-6941, http://taghawaii.net
“MicroCosmic — It’s Improv Li’ Dat”: Chris Riel and company present six unique performances of this unscripted dramatic play, delivering scenes — “microcosms” — of everyday life, from the gritty and dangerous to the pathetic and absurd, May 23-25, Ong King Arts Center. $15-$20. http://brownpapertickets.com
“Mark Twain Rides Again”: Jerry Tracy’s one-man show recounting fellow Missourian Mark Twain’s historic visit to Hawaii in 1866, May 26-27, Manoa Valley Theatre. $15-$20. 988-6131, http://manoavalleytheatre.com
“Koi, Like the Fish”: A young family must move in with an ailing uncle to care for him in this play by Keali‘iwahine Hokoana originally produced on Maui, May 29-June 29, Kumu Kahua Theatre. $10-$20. 536-4441, http://kumukahua.org
“Onoe Kikunobu: Honor and Perpetuation”: Traditional Japanese dance concert by Kikunobu Dance Company featuring Hawaii and Japanese artists, May 31-June 1, Kennedy Theatre. $10-$30. 944-2697, 956-8246, http://outreach.hawaii.edu/community
“Cabaret III: Jack Cione’s Mardi Gras Follies”: The Hawaii Ballroom Dance Association, with director Jack Cione, presents its annual spectacle of ballroom dancing, song-and-dance numbers by the Arcadia Follies and lavish Las Vegas-style costumes in a new public venue, June 7, Hawaii Theatre. $27. 528-0506, http://hawaiitheatre.com
“The Mikado”: Hawaii Opera Theatre ends its season with the Japan-set comic opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, June 13-22, Blaisdell Concert Hall. $34-$125. 596-7858, http://hawaiiopera.org
“Wrestling Ernest Hemingway”: TV personalities Joe Moore and Pat Sajak star in their adaptation of Steve Conrad’s 1993 Warner Bros. dramatic comedy about two retirees who become the unlikeliest of friends, also featuring Broadway’s Loretta Ables Sayre, June 19-29, Hawaii Theatre. $32-$72. 528-0506, http://hawaiitheatre.com
AUDITIONS
Cemetery Pupu Theatre: “For the Sake of the Public Health”: Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives holds auditions 10 a.m. Saturday for a new production, to be performed in June, of its popular graveside theater series illuminating the lives of historic Hawaii figures. Roles to be cast: Dr. Archibald Neil Sinclair, Dr. William L. Moore, Dr. Sarah Eliza Pierce Emerson, Hali‘a (female) and Dr. John Mott-Smith. Actors will receive an honorarium. http://missionhouses.org, 447-3926
PACKids open house: 2 p.m. Sunday at Kapolei High School cafeteria, offering parents’ schedule and cost information and a look at a rehearsal. The Performing Arts Center of Kapolei performance ensemble — performers age 7 to 17 who sing Broadway and Hawaiian music and dance jazz, tap and hula at community events and beyond — is casting for the 2014-15 season. http://packapolei.org, pack96707@gmail.com
“Spamalot”: Diamond Head Theatre auditions 3 p.m. June 8 and 7 p.m. June 9 at its rehearsal hall for a July-August production of the Monty Python musical comedy. More information: http://diamondheadtheatre.com; 733-0277, ext. 302
Na Leo Lani Chorus: A cappella singers also known as the Sweet Adelines welcome fellow females who enjoy four-part barbershop harmony. Rehearsals 6:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Saint Francis School, Manoa. 429-9901, 839-3443, http://sweetadelineshawaii.org
Kapolei Chorale: Community chorus welcomes sopranos, altos, tenors and basses to sing four-part harmony. Rehearsals 6:30 p.m. Sundays in Makakilo. 381-2063
Honolulu Blend Show Chorus seeks female singers interested in a cappella four-part harmony. Rehearsals 6:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Wellspring Covenant Church in Aiea. 255-3225
Barbershop Harmony Society Chorus seeks male singers in all voice parts. Rehearsals 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays at Wellspring Covenant Church in Aiea. 262-7664
Hawai‘i Vocal Arts Ensemble seeks experienced singers with good tone and music-reading skills. Appointments: email maestrotim1@gmail.com. http://hawaiivocalarts.org
Honolulu Boy Choir: Auditions for boys age 7-12 by appointment. No experience needed; membership is free. 596-7464, info@honoluluboychoir.org
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