“NCIS: Hawaii” will welcome a new field agent, when the delayed CBS season of the popular island-filmed procedural premieres Feb. 12.
“Hawaii” will bid aloha – in this case, welcome not goodbye – to NCIS Senior Field Agent Sam Hanna, played by LL Cool J, who has joined the Hawaii cast, following his 14-season tour in sister show “NCIS: Los Angeles,” which shut down at the conclusion of the last season.
It’ll be a recurring role for the Cool one, who is lending his presence and savvy during the third season of the Hawaii franchise, led by Vanessa Lachey as Special Agent Jane Tennant. Lachey also was happy for Hanna’s joining her here. “This is an amazing opportunity to continue evolving the NCIS franchise,” Lacey told TVLine and the Cool/Hanna presence.
For Cool, it’s a continuation of the earlier crossover specials with “Hawaii” and “L.A.”
All in the ohana: LL Cool J joins Vanessa Lachey in “NCIS: Hawaii.,”
As the NCIS franchise’s key figures, Cool will bring add vigor and variety when he joins the team here as a regular to the Pearl Harbor office’s efforts to stop Naval injustice.
Noah Mills, who plays Jesse Boone on the “Hawaii” team, has expressed support of Agent Hanna on the island show. In an earlier “Entertainment Tonight,” after the SAG-AFTRA strike was settled, he said, “Are you kidding me? I’m so excited I got to work with him on the NCIS crossover ‘The Mothership.’ He’s so cool and just has such a strong presence and is an experienced actor. I mean, he was telling me stories, that guy was going to Studio 54, when he was 16 in New York. He’s done it all. We got a heavyweight coming. So, it’s gonna be great.”
Cool posted on X, formerly Twitter, “Couldn’t keep Sam Hanna off the case for too long!!”
“NCIS,” the original flagship of the franchise, will also premiere Feb. 12 at 7 p.m., preceding the Hawaii show at 8 p.m. — a great lead-in for the local hit. …
Two musicals open this weekend
Diamond Head Theatre’s production of Lerner and Loewe’s “My Fair Lady” premieres tomorrow night (Dec. 1), for a run though Dec. 30. This includes extension dates, beyond the earlier Dec. 17 closing.
Bryce Chaddick is directing. Anna Young is cast as Eliza Doolittle, and Garrett Hols and David Young are double-cast as Henry Higgins. (David is the spouse of Anna). Eli Foster will portray Colonel Pickering.
Tickets: www.diamondheadtheatre.com …
Mo‘olele Studio’s “The Year Christmas Was Almost Cancelled,” a holiday original by Kyle Kakuno (script) and Roslyn Catracchia (music), opens tomorrow night (Dec. 1) for a Dec. 1 to 23 residency at Mamiya Theatre, on the Saint Louis School/Chaminade University campus.
The show premiered last season, and appears to becoming an annual holiday attraction. A pre-show as well post-performance program are part of the agenda, so go early and stay a bit later after exiting.
Many of the original cast are back.
Tickets: https://www.simpletix.com/e/the-year-christmas-was-almost-canceled-pre-tickets-151195#smtx-click …
‘Lion’ gross nearly $3 million
Five Broadway musicals have a lot to be thankful for – like grosses topping $2 million — becoming members of the $2 million club as leaders on the Great White Way. Apparently, the Thanksgiving holiday must’ve included a dessert of a hit show, if the Broadway League rundown is an indication.
The champion – Disney’s “The Lion King” – nearly topped $3 million, in figures for the week ending Nov. 26. The Top 10:
1 – “The Lion King,” $2,912 million.
2 – “Wicked,” $2,753 million,
3 — “Hamilton,” $2,293 million.
4—“ Merrily We Roll Along,” $2,046 million.
5—“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” $2,027 million.
6 – “MJ The Musical,” $1,384 million.
7 – “Aladdin,” $1,881 million.
8—“ Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” $1,284 million,
9—“ Back To The Future: The Musical,” $1,814 million.
10—”Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” $1,807 million.
The full list:
And that’s Show Biz …