OPENING
"Aida": By Lanikai Elementary students, teachers and parents, 7 to 8 p.m. March 14, on the school's grassy courtyard. Call 266-7844.
"Teens In Tinseltown": By the Sacred Hearts Thespian Troupe, 8 p.m. March 14, and 2 and 8 p.m. March 15, Sacred Hearts Auditorium. Funny musical takes place in Hollywood where young movie and TV hopefuls gather to study at "Milo Bravo's Workshop of Dramatic Art--And Stuff." Starring Jonathan Saavedra, Diana Bermisa, Routhie Baltazar, and Robert Rabacal. Admission: $3.
"In the Suicide Mountains": A dwarf, a blacksmith's daughter and a violin-playing prince are shunned for being different, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. March 15 and 22, Leeward Community College Theatre. Musical fable based on the novella by John Gardner. Tickets: $10 adults, $7.50 college and high school students with ID, and $5 ages 4 to 12 and senior citizens over 60. Call 839-9885.
"Brainstormers": By "Loose Screws," an improvisational theatre troupe, 10 p.m. March 20-22, and April 2, 3 and 5 at the Moiliili Community Center, and 8 p.m. April 24-26, Leeward Community College Lab Theatre. Every show will be different based on audience input. Features Michelle de la Cruz, R. Kevin Doyle, Julia Gilman, Sean T.C. O'Malley, Tony Pisculli, Stephanie Sanchez and Shannon Wingpenny under the direction of Sean T.C. O'Malley. Tickets: $10 general, and $8 students, seniors and military with ID. Call 536-2416.
CONTINUING
"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves": Tale of wit and wonders from the Arabian Nights, 7:30 p.m. March 15, Kaimuki High School Auditorium. Students from Kaimuki, Palolo Elementary and Jarrett Intermediate schools act, sing and dance. Directed by Peggy Anne Siegmund, with original music by Nelda Alvarez and Lenny Kleyner. Final show will benefit the Kaimuki Alumni Scholarship Fund. Admission $8 adults, $4 students; $10 on March 15. Information: 733-4913.
"Guys & Dolls": Musical comedy takes a romantic view of hard-boiled gamblers and ladies, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through March 15, Richardson Theatre. Kalani Brady, Mary Chesnut, Jim Etters and Carole Cooper star in the Army Community Theatre production. Directed by Glenn Cannon, with musical direction by Lina Jeong Doo and choreography by Grace Bell. Admission $12 and $15 general; $6 and $8 children. Information: 438-4480 or 438-5230.
"The Importance of Being Earnest": By the Mid-Pacific School of the Arts, 3:45 p.m. March 13, 7:30 p.m. March 14 and 15, and 4 p.m. March 16, Kawaiaha'o Recital Hall, Mid-Pacific Institute Campus. Cost: $5 general, and $3 students and seniors. Reservations at 973-5071.
"Mardi Gras Follies": Lavish cabaret revue, with Veronica Kelly, Howard Bishop, Bruce Black and other performers. Directed by Jack Cione. Dinner buffet at 6:30 p.m., show at 7:45 p.m., at the Banyans at Pearl Harbor. Repeats March 14-16 and 21; March 16 performance at 1:30 p.m., with lunch at noon. Admission $30; matinees $25. Information: 471-1703.
"Prelude To A Kiss": A bride switches souls with an old man on her honeymoon, 7:30 p.m. through March 17, Honolulu Academy of Arts Theatre. Additional showings 4 p.m. March 15 and 16. Cost: $9 general, $7 students, seniors and military. Call 623-1244.
"Welcome To The Moon": Four short pieces about the aspects of love by playwright John Patrick Shanley, 10:45 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through March 22, Earle Ernst Lab Theatre. Cost: $5 general, $4 students, senior, military, UH faculty/staff, and $3 UHM students with validated ID.
"The Woman in Black": A lawyer hires an actor to help him recreate events on the night he saw a dreaded specter, 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 4 p.m. Sundays, through March 23, Manoa Valley Theatre. Chilling ghost story features Walter Eccles, David Farmer and Tamatha Perryman. Admission $23 to $25. Information: 988-6131.
"Yankee Dawg You Die": Backstage comedy traces the growing friendship and rivalry between two Asian American actors in Hollywood, Kumu Kahua Theatre, 6 Merchant St. Dann Seki and J. Martin Romualdez. Showings are 8 p.m. every Thursday through Saturday until April 5; and 2 p.m. Sundays until April 6. March 16 will be signed for the deaf. Cost for Fridays through Sundays: $15 general, $12 seniors and groups of ten or more purchasing in advance, and $10 students. Cost for Thursdays: $12 general, seniors and groups; and $10 students and unemployed. Call 536-4222.
DANCE
"Impulse! Dance and the Drum": Featuring Hanya Holm's "Ratatat" and new dances created by the UH-Manoa's Department of Theater and Dance faculty including a tap dance by Jan Jeffries; ballet by Eve Walstrum Sanders; and "Earth Songs" by Harriet Glass and Peggy Hunt. At 8 p.m. March 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22, and 2 p.m. March 16, Kennedy Theatre. Tickets: $10 adults, $8 students, senior, military and UH faculty and staff, and $3 UH-Manoa students with validated ID. Groups of 10 or more get an additional $1 off ticket prices. Tickets available at Kennedy Theatre Box Office, Blaisdell Center, Jelly's Comics and Books, Tempo Music Stores, House of Music at Ala Moana, and the MTI desk at the Waikiki Beachcomber. Call 956-7655.
"Coppelia": By the Hawaii State Ballet, 7:30 p.m. March 15, and 2:30 p.m. March 16, Mamiya Theatre, St. Louis Center for the Arts. Franz (Bryan Skates) flirts with Coppelia, a mechanical doll made by Dr. Coppelius (Seneca Johnson). Swanhilda (Adealani Gerkewicz), Franz's girlfriend, finds out Coppelia is a doll and disguises herself as Coppelia. Cost: $18 adults, and $14 children under 12 and senior citizens. Groups of 20 or more get a $2 discount per ticket. Tickets available at the door or charge at 947-2755.
SPECIAL
Performing arts classes: Diamond Head Theatre's spring session for adults and children begins April 5. Register at 734-8763.
AUDITIONS
Diamond Head Theatre: For George and Ira Gershwin's "Crazy For You." Dance auditions 7 to 10 p.m. March 14; singing and reading auditions, 2 p.m. March 15. All auditions will be held in the Rehearsal Hall. Rehearsals begin March 18. Call 734-8763.
Diamond Head Theatre: Dance auditions for "Crazy For You," 7 to 10 p.m. March 14. Auditioners must be able to perform tap and traditional dance styles. Singing and reading auditions, 2 p.m. March 15. All auditions will be held in the rehearsal hall. Rehearsals begin March 18. Play will run from May 16 through June 1. Call 734-8763.
Nickelodeon: Kids between the ages 5 and 15 with unique or bizarre abilities, talents or inventions are needed for Nickelodeon's newest comedy game show titled "Figure It Out," 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. March 15, Windward Mall. If selected, kids will receive a trip to Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., where episodes will be taped March through April. Call Brooks Baehr at 625-8590.
Open House: The Show Kidz need theater-loving kids for their Easter show and Mother's Day Concert. Watch the current members sing, dance and act, 1:30 to 5 p.m. March 16, Moiliili Community Center, 2nd Floor, Wineburg Studio. Auditions by appointment March 23, 26 or 28. Call 836-1699. Cost: $90 per 10 sessions.
Lanikai Mortgage Players: Auditions for "Wild Bill and Calamity Jane" or "How the West Was Almost Lost" by Nelson Shreve, 7:30 p.m. March 27, Lanikai Community Center. The cast includes six women and five men. Backstage workers and productions assistants also needed. Play dates are May 16-18, and 23-25. Call 261-6469. Profits are used for the upkeep and improvement of Lanikai Park.