Hawaii
‘Footloose’ creator to see
St. Louis perform his workST. LOUIS alum Dean Pitchford will be at Mamiya Theatre March 14 when the school becomes among the first non-professional companies to produce his musical, "Footloose." Pitchford, Class of '68, wrote both the 1980 film musical and later the Broadway adaptation, which he also produced. The Mamiya premiere will be dedicated to the memory of Dean's sister, Patricia Colodner, who lost her life in the World Trade Center disaster. Tickets for the premiere are $100 and will support the theater endowment fund. Other tickets during the show's eight-day run will be $15 or $10 for students. St. Louis drama director Kyle Kakuno will direct, and the incredible Marcelo Pacleb of 24VII Danceworks will choreograph student actors from several local high schools. Kale Chung of the group Reign is musical director, and the ensemble was put together by another St. Louis alum, Daniel Ho, Class of '86 ...
THE head of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, David Farmer, and his wife, Loren, won the "best costume" prize at the Manoa Valley Theatre benefit for promoter Tom Moffatt at the Hilton's Coral Ballroom Saturday night. They were dressed as rock 'n' rollers, complete with hairpieces, and Loren's was such a standout she was mistaken for Yvonne Elliman all night. Elliman has been heard on some 39 CDs, prompting her dad to ask me if I ever collected that bottle of brandy I'd bet UH prof and author Gavan Daws 30 years ago. I'd wagered Daws that Elliman would make it as a singer apart from "Jesus Christ Superstar," her debut album. Maybe 39 CDs since, Daws will pay up. (I know, I'd forgotten about it, too.) ...
Name golfers
WHEN Waialae pro Greg Nichols caddied for pal Scott Simpson during the AT&T Pebble Beach golf tourney, he got together with Pebble Beach perennials Bill Murray and actor Kevin Costner. Now he's trying to line up Murray to play in the next Sony Open pro-am. Costner would be another fine addition to that lineup, especially since his interest in golf got serious when he played the Mauna Lani course while shooting "Waterworld" on the Big Isle. In fact, that inspired him to make the golf movie, "Tin Cup." ... Jim MacArthur of "Hawaii Five-0" fame, won the championship in the celeb division of the Frank Sinatra invitational golf tourney in Palm Desert, Calif., over the weekend. He finished well ahead of runner-up Elke Summer, who edged out Johnny Mann who finished third ...FORMER Isle resident Hella Rothwell photographed Hawaiian athlete Lehue Kahala Kekua as she carried the Olympic torch into the Mission Inn courtyard last month. Lehua's dad flew in from the Big Isle for the event and brought along a maile lei. Rothwell gushed over the lei and ended up with it. The lei now hangs drying next to her desk ...
MVP all the way
PRO Bowl players were popping up all over town as they do each year, but waiters and waitresses at Alan Wong's agreed that one diner there stood out for being a gentleman and a pleasure to wait on. That would be the NFL's MVP Marshall Faulk. They got together and named him the restaurant's MVP also -- Most Valuable Patron ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.
The Week That Was recalls items from Dave's 30 years of columns.Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com