Current Season.
Manoa Valley Theatre annually produces a mainstage season of six or more productions, each selected from recent Broadway or off-Broadway offerings, with a two-fold purpose: to entertain island audiences and to offer stimulating and educational opportunities in theatre arts production to our community’s ever-growing population of actors and craftsmen. The annual season runs from September through August. Occasional special projects are produced in other community venues. MVT’s Studio Series offers special attractions from time to time on dark nights during the mainstage run. GET TICKETS NOW!
September
The Full Monty
From the 2000 Broadway season
A musical comedy by Terrence McNally and David Yazbeker
While spying on their wives at a ‘Girls’ Night Out,’ a group of unemployed steelworkers see how much they enjoy watching male strippers. Jealous, out of work, and feeling emasculated, the men come up with a bold way to make some quick cash by doing their own show. Claiming it will be better, though, because they’ll go the “full monty”—strip all the way, these six loveable misfits attempt to conquer their fears, self-consciousness, and prejudices in this heartwarming, upbeat comedy. You’ll be wondering, right to the end, if this motley male troupe of amateur strippers will really pull it off!
November
The Legend of Georgia McBride
From the 2015 off-Broadway season
A comedy by Matthew Lopez
A Hawaii Premiere
He’s young, he’s broke, his landlord’s knocking at the door, and he’s just found out his wife is going to have a baby. To make matters even more desperate, Casey is fired from his gig as an Elvis impersonator in a run-down, small-town Florida bar. When the bar owner brings in a B-level drag show to replace his act, Casey finds that he’s going to have to adapt to a whole new show business like none he’s ever known as he trades one sequined outfit for another and genderbends into a drag show headliner.
January
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Mystery from the 2015 regional theatre season
A comedy by Ken Ludwig
A Hawaii premiere
Comedic genius Ken Ludwig transforms Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic The Hound of the Baskervilles into a murderously funny adventure. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are on the case when the male heirs of the Baskerville line are being dispatched one by one. To find their ingenious killer, Holmes and Watson must brave the desolate moors before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Our intrepid investigators must navigate a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises, and deceit as five actors deftly portray more than 40 characters.
March
Fun Home
From the 2015 Broadway season
A musical comic drama by Lisa Kron, Jeanine Tesori and Alison Bechdel
A Hawaii premiere
When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic artist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Moving between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood playing at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home, her growing understanding of her own sexuality, and the looming, unanswerable questions about her father’s hidden desires. Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.
WINNER – Best Musical – 2015 Tony Awards
WINNER – Best Musical – New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award
May
Shear Madness
running continuously in the U.S. for the past 37 years
An audience participatory who-dun-it by Paul Pörtne
A Hawaii premiere
When the landlady who lives above a unisex hair salon is murdered, the audience gets involved in solving the crime by openly questioning the strange array of characters and attempting to solve the
crime. All are suspect: the flamboyant hairdresser, the flirty yet ditzy assistant, the prim and proper uptight matron, and an older fellow who is a “used antique dealer”. Much of the humor revolves around topical references to current events. It keeps every audience laughing as they try to outwit the suspects and catch the killer. New clues and up to the minute improvisation deliver a different show every night.
Shear Madness is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the longest running play in the history of the USA and has enjoyed productions staged all over the world.
July
The Princess and the Iso Peanut
From the Library of Hawaii Favorites
A local-kine Hawaiian pidgin musical comedy by Lisa Matsumoto and Roslyn Catracchia
A Hawaii premiere
What can happen when a traditional fairytale princess falls in love with a local Japanese prince? Just about anything imaginable! Fun and adventure abound when Princess Alexis journeys to a faraway kingdom where she encounters outrageous characters, meets the prince of her dreams and must pass a most unusual test. It’s a fun and crazy adventure great family entertainment as they go on a fun and crazy adventure!
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Seating & Curtain Times.
Unless otherwise noted on the ticket purchasing page for specific performances, MVT Mainstage curtain times are:
- Wednesdays – 7:30pm
- Thursdays – 7:30pm
- Fridays – 8:00pm
- Saturdays – 8:00pm
- Sundays – 4:00pm