Neither rain, nor wind, nor flooding have halted the arrival of Bunny season.
Translation: The 2026 edition of Easter pins is out and hopping.
Two batches of the holiday pins – what I create annually for Easter – have been mailed at the post office, and more will be surfacing in the weeks ahead.
So watch your mail box office. Initially, out-of-town recipients will be the first to receive Easter pins.
Neither rain, nor wind, nor flooding have halted the arrival of Bunny season.
Translation: The 2026 edition of Easter pins is out and hopping.
Two batches of the holiday pins – what I create annually for Easter – have been mailed at the post office, and more will be surfacing in the weeks ahead.
So watch your mail box office. Initially, out-of-town recipients will be the first to receive Easter pins.
“West Side Story,” which was to open Friday night (March 13) at Diamond Head Theatre, will not happen even it is an audience sell-out. Because of the lingering stormy weather, the governor has shut down all educational facilities.
Though DHT is not under the governor’s jurisdiction, the Kapiolani Community College is and its parking lot across the theater will be shuttered, said DHT executive director Trevor Tamashiro. The theater patrons need KCC’s parking spaces, which will not be available.
Trevor Tamashiro
“We just got the notice earlier at 1 p.m., and we have crews trying to inform folks that the show on the 13 is not happening,” said Tamashiro.
Further, Saturday’s (March 14) show – also sold out — also likely will not happen, due to the weather.
A Sunday (March 15) matinee could be open, but it’s subject to the rain.
Curiously, these early March shows, were supposed to be pre-opening “extension” dates.
“The opening night still will be on March 20,” said Tamashiro.
“West Side Story,” often considered one of the world’s most powerful, poignant and enduing love story, has survived a storied past. Surely, it will weather the wet days and nights we’ve been having earlier this week.
Based on William Shakespeare’s fabled “Romeo and Juliet,” the DHT show is scheduled extended through April 9, which includes add-on playdates. But with the closures this week, make-up performances are expected to fulfill a five-week run.
The tale tracks the star-crossed young lovers, who are caught in the crossfires of two feuding “sides,” with nowhere to go but a tragic finale.
In the retelling on stage, “West Side Story” is set in the Upper West Side of New York of the 1950s, where street gang racial violence pit the white teens of New York against the Puerto Rican Sharks
Like Romeo and Juliet, Tony and Maria are caught in the web and theme of .
trouble-seeking West Side youths provoking gang violence. The couple, from both side of the tracts, innocently become victims in warfare not of their making.
The music is by Leonard Bernstein, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, whose melodies pump up the love and hatre,d and the original choreography and direction by Jerome Robbins propelled the show into a bona fide triumph of devastation, loss and unabashed tragedy. The book is by Arthur Laurents.
The original Broadway production had the eminent award-winning director Hal Prince as one of the producers overseeing the show.
Locally, Andrew Sakaguchi is directing and choreographing the DHT vehicle, with Jason Nomura as musical director.
The cast is comprised of Damien Chambers (Tony), Relle Revis (Maria), Jonah Guerrero (Action, Tony Alternate), Emi Joy Sampson (Anita), Mike Braud (Riff), Dwayne Sakaguchi (Bernardo), Karsyn Wentzell (Big Deal), Alex Miller (Snow Boy), James Lauer (Diesel), Tai Malalis (A-Rab), Owen Gaillard (Baby John), Colton Cameros (Guitar), Chandler Converse (Anybodys), Salote Vahai (Graziella), Brittany Lewis (Velma), Anneliese Wirsching (Minnie), Justin Garde (Chino), Sammy Houghtailing (Anxious), Tino Nozaki (Indio), Saea Hikila (Pepe), Paul Garcia (Luis), Trent Yamagata (Toro), Kirra Baughn (Teresita), Caris Leong (Francisca), Pualalea Slover (Consuela), Rain Young (Estella), KC Ann Olivas (Rosalia), Ken Roberts (Shrank), Brandon Yim (Glad Hand), Ioani Camacho (Krupke), Joe Martyak (Doc), Kalani Hicks (Shrank Cover), and Jasmine Weldon (Swing).
The technical crew is headed by Deanne Kenndy (set designer), Stephen Clear (lighting designer), Emily Lane (costume designer), Michael Minor and La Fa’amausili-Siliato (sound designers), Kyle Conner (props designer), and Aiko Schick (hair and make-up designer).
If you have tickets for performances that have been canceled, call the box office at 808) 733-0274. Regular hours of operation are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and on weekends durance production days…
