On the Scene
IT HITS THE SPOT!: Director Jennifer Goodlander, left, and playwright Hilary Wright, right, paused outside the UH-Manoa Ernst Lab Theatre with cast and crew after the opening-night performance of Wright's insightful comedy, "Hysterical: A Short History of the Vibrator," on Saturday. The late-night show is one of the best comedies presented this year in local theater.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEL: Lillian Adams enjoyed Del Courtney's music at the Alexander Young Hotel in the '30s. Jimmy Borges listened as the two talked at Courtney's 92nd birthday party at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on Sunday.
VIVA ROLANDO!: Rolando Sanchez, in gray, celebrated with salsa fans, from left, Amelia Hicks, Jenna Dearth, Mike O'Dare, Belinda Long and Kristy Miller during his one-night anniversary engagement at Anna Bannana's on Saturday. It was Sanchez who launched Hawaii's mainstream live salsa explosion at Anna Bannana's 13 years ago.
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