On the Scene
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"TANGOEXTRAVAGANZA!" SELLS OUT | 1. Mariko Lyons, third from left, and Margo Bourland, with lei, went backstage at intermission to congratulate the principals of "Tango Extravaganza!" — Alfredo Minetti (piano), left, Ignace "Iggy" Jang (violin), world champion tango dancers Fernanda Ghi and Guillermo Merlo (with their son Nicolas Merlo) and Grammy Award-winner Raul Jaurena (bandoneon) — April 2 at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. A sold-out crowd enjoyed almost two hours of tango music and the precise dramatic dancing of Ghi and Merlo. Jang was producer/promoter of the show; Lyons and Bourland provided accommodations and rehearsal space for the visiting performers.
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"HOLIDAY" PO'OKELA-WORTHY AT KUMU KAHUA | 4. Playwright Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl talked with cast members Tony Nickelsen (Somerset Maugham), left, and Tyler Tanabe (Gerald Haxton) at the opening-night reception for her new play, "The Holiday of Rain," March 24 at Kumu Kahua. Kneubuhl deserves a Po'okela Award for her career-best work but since Kumu Kahua refuses to participate in the "Pokies," it's an honor she will be denied.
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5. Cast members Craig Howes, Danielle Zalopany, Kiana Rivera and Eleanor Svaton struck a pose at the reception. Howes and Zalopany are key players in one subplot, Svaton in another.
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 3. Capt. Nicolas Pitrat, left, welcomed Honorary French Consul Patricia Lee and U.S. Navy Cmdr. Joseph M. Keenan Jr. to a sunset reception aboard the French frigate Prairial April 1 at Aloha Tower. The Prairial is visiting Hawaii from its home port in French Polynesia. Keenan's ship, USS Crommelin, hosted the Prairial and its crew during their stay here.
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"DANGEREUSES" AT HPU | 2. Cast members Reb Beau Allen (Valmont) and Ingrid Hagen-Keith (Cecile) celebrated the opening of Hawaii Pacific University's spring production of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" at the post-show reception April 1. Allen and Hagen-Keith share a pivotal, sexually charged scene in this classic French tale of sex, seduction and betrayal.
