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he year 2020 looked like it would be a good one for Hawai‘i’s performing arts industry. Diamond Head Theatre and the Honolulu Theatre for Youth were financially stable and expanding their audiences, Kumu Kahua Theatre was preparing for its 50th season, the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra welcomed a new director, and the Hawai‘i Opera Theatre was working on making its opera more relevant to the Islands.
Then, the coronavirus forced them to lower their curtains midseason. Stay-at-home and social distancing mandates shut down in-person performances, and while the organizations were assisted by Paycheck Protection Program loans and other financial support, revenues shrank.
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- Mar 31, 2021 Many of us, including myself, have missed the theatre, the place where audiences are imbued with a jubilant escape, which unfortunately hasn t been able to happen for the past year, as the island of Oahu reaches its one-year mark of having officially being put on lockdown due to the Coronavirus. Though, with Oahu finally easing up on restrictions due to Covid, Diamond Head Theatre (DHT) was finally able to mount its first musical since The Sound of Music in 2019. And, while 2020 was definitely not one for the books, it was an utter delight to finally be able to book tickets for Shout! at DHT, where the staff has set and maintained strict social-distancing protocols, with a mask mandate, subsequently providing spectators with more peace of mind. One can only imagine how tricky it might be to stage a full 90-minute musical with actors on stage, lots of movement and choreography, and the potential risk of cross contamination due to the consistent mask-les
In more proof life is slowly getting back to normal, you can go see a musical this weekend
Diamond Head Theatre starts up in-person musicals By Samie Solina | March 12, 2021 at 7:00 PM HST - Updated March 13 at 12:15 AM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Friday was Diamond Head Theatre’s first full musical production since the pandemic began.
The show’s director, John Rampage, chose ‘Shout! The Mod Musical’ because it was upbeat, and it fit his requirements for a pandemic musical.
The musical revolved around five girls living in the 60s.
“It met the requirements that we were looking at,” Rampage said. “It was a five-person show, it was one set and no intermission.”