POTO at Palikū Theatre: Award Time!

Greetings, Phans!

I found out some great news about the community theatre production of POTO I saw last fall... The Po’okela Awards, which celebrate theatrical productions done in Hawaii, announced their winners last week, and Palikū Theatre's production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" by Tom Holowach and Ron Bright won big! It received 13 awards total, the most of any production this past year. Here's a rundown of the awards the production won:

* Leading Male in a Musical - Miles Wesley (The Phantom)
* Leading Female in a Musical - Lydia Pusateri (Christine Daaé)
* Featured Male in a Musical - Leonard Villanueva (Andre) and Johnny Reed (Piangi)
* Featured Female in a Musical - Jaime Craycroft (Carlotta)

* Director of a Musical - Ronald E. Bright

* Musical Director - Clarke Bright

* Overall Production of a Musical - "The Phantom of the Opera" at Palikū Theatre

* Costume Design - Yvette Tanouye Allerdings

* Sound Design/Engineering - Kainoa Jarrett

* Set Design - Lloyd Riford III

* Light Design - Lloyd Riford III

Congratulations to everyone who worked on this marvelous production! I think all these awards were well-earned.

I remain your obedient servant,

I.A.E.

POTO at Palikū Theatre -- Take Two!

Greetings, everyone! I hope you all had a great holiday season!

About two months ago, I got to see the Palikū Theatre production of the musical once again. That turned out to be the penultimate performance; their final one was the next day. As we'll see, the experience turned out to be an extremely special one for me.

The Phantom of the Opera - Community Theatre Edition
Palikū Community Theatre, Hawaii
Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 7:30 PM
Directed by Ron Bright

The Phantom: Miles Wesley
Christine Daaé: Lydia Pusateri
Raoul de Chagny: Kyle Malis
Carlotta Giudicelli: Jaime Craycroft
Ubaldo Piangi: Johnny Reed
Richard Firmin: Douglas Scheer
Gilles Andre: Leonard Villanueva
Madame Giry: Marlise Ahuna
Meg Giry: Madison Eror

POTO at Palikū Theatre

Greetings, everyone!

As promised, here's my review of the community theatre production of POTO I saw a couple weeks ago. Let's just say it was quite an experience, and one I'm glad to have had, especially so soon after seeing the Las Vegas production, which I think could be the definitive "official" production of the show. As we'll see, this could be the definitive "unofficial" production for quite a while, for many reasons.

The Phantom of the Opera - Community Theatre Edition
Palikū Community Theatre, Hawaii
Saturday, September 17, 2011 - 7:30 PM
Directed by Ron Bright

The Phantom: Miles Wesley
Christine Daaé: Lydia Pusateri
Raoul de Chagny: Kyle Malis
Richard Firmin: Doug Scheer
Gilles Andre: Leonard Villanueva
Carlotta Giudicelli: Jaime Craycroft
Ubaldo Piangi: Johnny Reed
Madame Giry: Marlise Ahuna
Meg Giry: Madison Eror

Been A While...

Greetings, everyone!

Well, it's been quite some time since I last posted; so much for weekly updates! (I will try to get on those soon, though.) However, I did have some very Phantomy experiences recently. For instance, around the end of June, I finally got to see the show again. I went to see "Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular" twice -- two nights, two Christines -- and the show definitely lived up to its name. I'll be posting my reviews from those experiences in due time.

Also, I found some interesting information that will allow me to see the show live again in about a month's time... Palikū Theatre, which is very close to where I live, will be doing the show soon, and it's being directed by Ron Bright, who literally built my high school's theatre program from the ground up. I'll definitely spill all the juicy details once I've seen it.

Lastly, I've gotten involved in some Phantom-related projects. One that I can talk about is that I will soon be starting a podcast with a friend and fellow Phan. The podcast won't be exclusively to do with POTO; instead, we'll be covering all our favorite dark fictional works and the adaptations based on them. At the moment, we're trying to figure out where to host our show... so I'll give updates on that once we've got it started (and also post links here for any POTO-related episodes we do).

Anyway, yes. More updates and a couple of reviews coming up... Stay tuned!


I remain your obedient servant,
I.A.E.