Ian Anthony Dale, who played Kono Kalakaua’s boyfriend Adam Noshi muri in CBS’ "Hawaii Five-0," trades sun-kissed Hawaii for the streets of San Francisco when Steven Bochco ("NYPD Blue") launches a new summer drama, "Murder in the First," premiering on TNT Monday.
Dale will not be a renegade on the lam here: He portrays Lt. Jim Koto, a Stanford grad who heads the SFPD homicide unit.
The cast is headed by Taye Diggs and Kathleen Robertson as detectives Terry English and Hildy Mulligan, respectively, with Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy of the "Harry Potter" movies) as a Silicon Valley whiz kid who is the common denominator in two murder cases. …
NEXT UP, OWLS: Johnson Enos shared his crisply modified script and redesigned costumes for his Washington, D.C.-bound ocean-awareness musical, "Honu the Sea Turtle," last week at The Royal Hawaiian’s Monarch Room, where it has been a work in progress. Hotel GM Kelly Hoen, who has backed the original show since day one, launched a "Pink is the New Green" campaign (and T-shirt) to cross-promote. Cast newcomers Deedee Magno Hall (Lehua, mother turtle) and Shawna Masuda (daughter turtle Malia) made their debut.
Three performances are set for this week — two at the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History, one at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center — and the modifications substantially heighten the show’s allure. …
Meanwhile, Enos has begun initial work, partnering with Michael Furuya, on "Pueo," his next original show, slated for debut on Earth Day 2017. Furuya earlier collaborated with the late Lisa Matsumoto. …
SHOW BREEZES: Bruno Mars has been a roaring success on the road. Of his Hollywood Bowl gig May 31 and June 1, the Los Angeles Times cooed: "He had precision and pure fun, musicianship and incontestable star power." …
On the homefront, Carmen U’ilani Haugen distinguished herself as the witty, eloquent and melodious emcee of the Peace on Earth concert at Hawaii Theatre May 30. She sang two songs with hubby Keith Haugen. Hard to believe she stuttered as a youngster on Maui, but she overcame it at Baldwin High with the kokua of teacher-administrator "Spit" Tsubaki. …
Yes, Carmen appeared at the podium with a walker, a result of her spill at the downtown post office and a broken hip. Good Samaritan Aileen Deese responded to her misfortune, so she was a VIP guest. …
PERSONALITIES: When Kyle Honda, son of Fred and Julie Honda, earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Hawaii, his parents flew in from their home in Loveland, Colo. Dad is the former Halekulani GM who managed sundry other hotels here and elsewhere; mom is the socialite who, among other charity and community endeavors, once organized the Kona Coffee Festival on the Big Island. …
The Hondas reunited with pals and family in Honolulu and on Maui, and in the hubbub of festivities, Julie lost her driver’s license and other ID (like Medicare cards). While retracing her steps, she went back to the Waikiki Post Office, where employee Duke Gum had found ’em and had ’em ready to mail to Loveland. He was able to hand them over to her personally. …
While here, Julie dutifully firmed up instructions for passage to the heavens. "I paid for burial in the Maui plot where my parents are resting, and ordered a new plaque for inscription when the time comes," she said. It’s not so bizarre, if you know her. She likes things her way, like this: "Everyone has to wear red to my services." …
Original KPOI "Poi Boy" Tom Rounds, a radio pioneer if the ’50s and ’60s here, died June 1 at age 77 after minor surgery in California. "I had just talked to him the day before and there was no indication of any problem," said his stunned buddy, Tom Moffatt. Services are Sunday at Forest Lawn in the Hollywood Hills. …
And that’s "Show Biz." …
Wayne Harada is a veteran entertainment columnist; reach him at 266-0926 or wayneharada@gmail.com; read his Show and Tell Hawaii blog at www.staradvertiser.com.
