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Though it’s located on a military base, this venerable organization is a true community theater, attracting actors and audiences from around the island. Their standard fare is the familiar musical.

Some of Hawaii’s favorite entertainers including the Brothers Cazimero and Jerry Santos present the best contemporary Hawaiian music in a varied nightly schedule of performances.

The modern renaissance of the Hawaiian culture, which began in the late 1960s, continues to this day, with music playing a major role. The Brothers Cazimero, Ho’okena, the late Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, and Maui’s own Keali’i Reichel have combined their astounding voices with modern instruments and classic Hawaiian poetic techniques to create a magnificent new sound.

Polynesian music, dance, and legend.

The largest of the community theaters offers beloved musicals to pidgin English fairy tales, contemporary drama to comedy.

You HAVE to see this show. It’s an amazing period piece, with World War II vets in attitudes of worship, Ho burbling along in his whiskey-deep voice, and young performers brought up for a starry-eyed first chance.

Most easily described as male vocalists singing above their regular range, there is arguably no sweeter sound than the Hawaiian falsetto.

Whether slack-key, steel, acoustic, or electric, the guitar is essential to Hawaiian music.

Check out the surfing memorabilia and rock mementoes that cover the walls. There’s a live DJ and dancing every Friday night.