Hawaii
Dave Donnelly
IT was a thrill seeing Canadian golfer Mike Weir win the major U.S. Open championship, envisioning headlines that read, "Weir a winner." There was always the hope that some readers of headlines might think it was referring to "The Weir," the Irish play by Conor McPherson that I'm directing for TAG, The Actors' Group, at the Yellow Brick Theatre at 625 Keawe St. I may be prejudiced, but feel the fine cast does a sterling job with the funny yet poignant Irish tale of life in a rural pub. It opens tomorrow night and plays Thursdays through Sundays through May 11. Phone 722-6941 for reservations ... ’Tis the season
for legitimate theaterTHIS is quite a week for legitimate theater in Honolulu. Joyce Maltby's wonderful version of Paul Osborn's "Morning at Seven" opened last weekend and plays through May 11 with an excellent cast of seasoned performers ... And Joe Moore's "Dirty Laundry" will be on display, so to speak, at the Hawaii Theatre Friday through Sunday with James MacArthur making a guest appearance in Moore's dissection of the TV news business in Honolulu, something the KHON-TV anchor knows a bit about ... As for next season, Diamond Head Theatre has announced a six-show season, five of which are musicals, mostly vintage, and one of which is a play about the life of Mozart, "Amadeus." ... Manoa Valley Theatre's new season, also just announced, is a bit more balanced with two musicals, a mystery, a comedy/drama, a drama and a farce. It opens Sept. 10 with "Bat Boy: The Musical," due to run during the closing weeks of baseball ...
Food stuffs
LOCAL Filipinos often testify to the power of their ethnic food, and boxer Brian Viloria is a believer. He takes on Mexico's Valentin Leon tomorrow at the Sheraton-Waikiki's Hawaii Ballroom. On the Perry & Price Hanohano Room show Saturday, Viloria revealed one of his training secrets -- he feasts on chicken adobo and baloot ... Oenophiles stand warned if they duck into "Cheeseburger in Paradise." Under wine, the menu lists "Cheap White Wine" and "Cheap Red Wine." Few order it by the bottle ... And readers of the New York Times could read an online story about a gene that may be responsible for a worldwide human drive for cannibalism. And there was a drop-in ad for the story in the Times' "Dining Out" section ...
Bagpipe dreams
SOME time back I wrote about my favorite cartoon that appeared in the Daily Iowan back in my days at SUI. It showed one member of the bagpipe-toting all-girl Scottish Highlanders on the football field saying to another, "I was playing 'The Yellow Rose of Texas.' What were you playing?" At the time I credited it to Frank Interlandi, a Hawkeye who went on to international fame. Now comes a copy of the cartoon from Dean Norman, who followed Interlandi at Iowa and who actually drew the cartoon. It appeared in a book of cartoons he had published, "Doodles by Dean." Norman went on to draw greeting cards for Hallmark and American Greetings until he retired...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.
The Week That Was runs Sundays and recalls
items from Dave's 30 years of columns.Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com