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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
John Rampage, Artistic Director, 733-0277 x302
Kymber-Lee Char, Director of Marketing, 733-0277 x304
Deena Dray, Managing Director, 733-0277 x301
DIAMOND HEAD THEATRE ANNOUNCES
ITS 2006-2007 SEASON
Honolulu, HI, March 20,
2006—-Diamond Head Theatre
(DHT), the Broadway of the Pacific, celebrates its 92nd season with
a mix of laughter, romance, and classic favorites.
“We are thrilled to announce we will open our season with
the Tony Award-winning THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE,” said John
Rampage, DHT's Artistic Director. "The show just became available,
and DHT will be one of the first community theatres to produce it.
"Next will be the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, CINDERELLA;
followed by the play LEND ME A TENOR, a hilarious story about mistaken
identities; and the musical comedy SWEET CHARITY, recently revived
on Broadway starring Christina Applegate." says Rampage. "Then
the season takes us to Paris at the turn of the 20th century in
the charming romance, GIGI; and then back to Hawaii with a local
favorite, Lee Cataluna's YOU SOMEBODY, the story of the Lusa family
who are desperately trying to be 'somebody'."
Season tickets go on sale May 15, 2006. Subscription prices for
the six-show season, per person, are: $49 (section C), $99 (section
B), $146 (section A), and $196 (Diamond Head Circle).
Individual single tickets go on sale August 28, 2006. The 2006-2007
season will run from September 2006 - July 2007. Unless otherwise
noted, all performances run Thursday and Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday
at 3:00 p.m. (second and third weekends) and 8:00 p.m., and Sunday
at 4:00 p.m.
Subscriptions and single tickets can be purchased at the DHT Box
Office, Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., by calling
(808) 733-0274, or visit DHT’s website at www.diamondheadtheatre.com.
For further season information, please call the DHT Box Office at
733-0274. Please note that shows and dates are subject to change.
Diamond Head Theatre, heralded as Hawaii’s “Broadway
of the Pacific”, has delivered the best in live community
theatrical entertainment since 1915. The theatre showcases Hawaii's
finest local talent, frequently brings in guest artists and supports
performance arts education through a variety of community programs,
including the acclaimed Shooting Stars. For more information, call
733-0277 or visit www.diamondheadtheatre.com.
DIAMOND
HEAD THEATRE
2006-2007 SEASON
THROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
(Musical)
Book by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan
Music by Jeanine Tesori
New Lyrics by Dick Scanlan
September 22 - October 8, 2006
Based on the popular movie, the stage version of THOROUGHLY MODERN
MILLIE was 2002’s most awarded new show on Broadway, taking
home six Tony Awards including Best Musical. Set in New York City
in 1922, the musical tells the story of small town girl
Millie Dillmount, who has just moved to the city in search of a new
life for herself. It’s a New York full of intrigue and jazz
— a time when women were entering the workforce, becoming moderns
and changing the rules. Millie has decided to marry rich, despite
living in a girls’ rooming house with a sinister landlady, Mrs.
Meers, a dragon-lady villainess audiences will love to hate. Her plans
go awry when she meets sweet, but penniless, Jimmy. A high energy,
non-stop, tap dancing show. A Hawaii premiere.
“A thoroughly delightful experience.” - USA Today
“You can’t see this kind of whirling, transporting
pop entertainment anywhere else!”
- Time Out New York
CINDERELLA (Musical)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
December 1 - 17, 2006
After its very successful run five years ago, DHT is pleased to again
present the classic, CINDERELLA…a musical filled with wonderful
songs, wicked (but hilarious) stepsisters, a lovingly pompous king
and of course the glass-slippered heroine, Cinderella. Originally
presented on television in 1957 starring Julie Andrews, Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA was the most widely viewed program
in history. Its recreation in 1965 starring Lesley Ann Warren was
no less successful in transporting a new generation to the miraculous
kingdom of dreams-come-true. Now as adapted for the stage, with great
warmth and more than a touch of laughter, the hearts of children and
adults alike still soar when the slipper fits. Musical Highlights:
“In My Own Little Corner”, “Do I Love You Because
You’re Beautiful”, “Ten Minutes Ago”.
“A glittery package…be sure to take the kids.”
- The Honolulu Advertiser
“Should not be missed” - The Honolulu Star-Bulletin
LEND ME A TENOR (Play)
Written by Ken Ludwig
February 2 - 18, 2007
The appearance of the opera star Italian tenor Signor Tito Merelli
will be the highlight of the Cleveland Grand Opera Co.’s most
important fundraiser of the season. But, luck is not on his side,
and he is presumed dead after passing out due to a series of mishaps.
When a “Dear John” letter is mistaken for Tito’s
suicide note, the company stands to lose $50,000 in ticket sales unless
they can find a way for the “dead” singer to deliver the
performance of his life! With seven Tony Award nominations, LEND ME
A TENOR is a wild romp of mistaken identities and disguises, with
many entrances and exits through many doors and scheming behind the
scenes in every corner.
“Uproarious! Hysterical!" - USA Today
“Non-stop laughter!” - Variety
“A rib-tickling comedy” - N.Y. Post
SWEET CHARITY
(Musical)
Book by Neil Simon
Music by Cy Coleman
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Based on an original screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli
and Ennio Plaiano
March 23 - April 8, 2007
SWEET CHARITY is a tender, poignant and humorous look at the adventures,
or rather the misadventures, in the ways of love encountered by
the gullible innocent known as Charity Hope Valentine. Charity is
a dance hall hostess who always gives
her heart and her dreams to the wrong man. Her world is the all
too real world of Times Square and the people who pass through are
a deceptively charming group. After a succession of losers, Charity
finds Mr. Right when she is trapped with him in an elevator…but
will it stick? The 1966 stage version inspired the popular movie
starring Shirley MacLaine. The most recent Broadway revival in 2005
starring Christina Applegate garnered three Tony nominations. Memorable
songs: “Big Spender”, “If My Friends Could See
Me Now”, “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than
This”.
“You’ll have a great time!” - NY Post
“There’s no stopping the beat.” - NY
Herald Tribune
GIGI (Musical)
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Based on the novel by Colette
May 18 - June 3, 2007
A “Best Picture” Oscar-winning movie in the late 1950’s
starring Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier, GIGI
gave way to the stage version in 1973, keeping all of its charm.
The story is set in turn of the century Paris where Gaston Lachaille
is a bon vivant. But Gaston is becoming bored with the high life…especially
the women. He only truly enjoys the time that he spends with one
of his uncle’s old “friends”, Madame Alvarez,
and her grand-daughter, the precocious and carefree Gigi. During
the course of their friendship, Gigi progresses from a Parisian
gamine to a beautiful young woman and Gaston falls in love with
her. But Gigi unlike her courtesan relatives wants to be a wife
not a mistress and in a bit of a reverse scandal, Gaston finds himself
vying for Gigi’s hand in marriage! Features such memorable
songs as “Thank Heaven for Little Girls”, “I Remember
It Well”, “The Night They Invented Champagne”,
and the beautiful title tune, “Gigi”.
“Provides quite an entertaining evening.” - NY
Post
“An enchanting score with dazzling lyrics”
- NY Times
YOU SOMEBODY (Musical)
Written by Lee Cataluna
Music and Lyrics by Keola Beamer
July 13 - 29, 2007
Welcome to YOU SOMEBODY, the world of “Pua (Ma) Lusa.”
Wildly over the top, Ma Lusa is determined to make up for her own
less than successful stage career. She embarks on a zany quest to
make her family famous through a series of misguided, always hilarious
attempts to win a contest, any contest — from pageants to
keiki hula, from karaoke to ukulele — always thwarted by the
perfect, talented Baga family. YOU SOMEBODY will tickle the funny
bone with the story of a lovable but singularly untalented family
trying to live up to a stage mother’s dreams of local glory.
Musical highlights: “Dream a Small Kine Dream”, “It
Sucks”, “You Somebody”.
“Brimming with warmth…and good feeling!”
- The Honolulu Advertiser
“Nearly all the scenes are funny…some are truly
inspired.” - Honolulu Weekly
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