Three new titles will join the Broadway reopening pulse this fall and winter.
“MJ,” a musical with 25 Michael Jackson songs, will bow Dec. 6 at the Neil Simon Theatre. The production will explore and magnify the energy behind the man in the mirror, who is one of the undisputed entertainment legends.
“Tina – the Tina Turner Musical” will resume production on Oct. 8 at the Lunt-FontanneTheatre. It was one of the hits of the past season, but shuttered because the pandemic. The show is a stunning and inspiring comeback story of the superstar who challenged the bounds of racism, sexism and ageism, becoming the radiant Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
“Six,” which has become an international, premieres Sept. 17 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.The concept is to trace 500 years of the the six wives of Henry VII, reimagined as the tudor queens and pop princesses with 21st century girl power.
Noah Mills, last seen in Disney+’s “Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” is joining the cast of CBS’ “NCIS: Hawai‘i,” the fourth series in the NCIS franchise.
He is the fourth Mainland actor signed to series and will portray Jesse, who is an expert interrogator seeking a new life in the Islands, with creds as homicide investigator in a big city. Jesse supposed has worked with Jane Tennant, played by Vanessa Lachey, and will assume the role of lieutenant-in-command and occasional confidant.
According to Variety, Jesse favors old-fashioned police investigation, is devoted to hiking the island trails, and is a family man who runs 4-H camping trips for his kid.
Noah Mills –Photo By Sthanlee B. Mirador/Sipa
His acting profile includes “The Enemy Within,” “The Baker and the Beauty,” “The Brave,” and “2 Broke Girls,” but given the popularity of the NCIS brand, this might become his breakout hit.
Mills also has worked as a model, with Giorgio Armani, Tom Ford and Dolce and Gabanna. So brings good looks to the table.
No start-of-filming date yet, nor a decision on when and where the show ends up on CBS. …
The Hawai‘i series will supposedly be anchored at or near Pearl Harbor, as the NCIS crews investigate crimes involving military personnel and misdoings that threaten national security.
Lachey as Tennant will be first female to lead an NCIS team. The island show will be introduced, likely this fall, as the New Orleans program disappears. The mothership show, plus the Los Angeles spin-off, return this fall.
Willis, Travolta, find ‘Paradise’ on Maui
Production is under way on Maui for “Paradise City,” a drama reuniting Bruce Willis and John Travolta for the first time in 27, according to Deadline.
Bruce Willis, John Travolta and Praya Lundbert
Chuck Russell is directing drama about Ryan Swan (Willis), a renegade bounty hunter, who combs through the Hawaiian crime community in search of the unnamed honcho (Travolta),
who killed his father.
Thai actress and model Praya Lundbert has the female lead, but here character has not been identified.
The buzz on the project is that Hawai‘i plays a major role, in a “Miami Vice” like drama with bounty hunters instead of cops.
Willis has been box office gold, grossing $9.4 billion worldwide via such features as “Death Wish,” the “Die Hard” franchise, “Cosmic Sin,” “Moonlighting,” and Gasoline Alley.”
Travolta’s worldwide gross of $3.8 billion includes “Saturday Night Fever,” “Grease,” “Urban Cowboy,” and “Hairspray.”
Remember the food nibbles you got, at Costco outlets?
Might have been a morsel of Belgian waffles, a meatball, or a piece of Kirkland chocolates.
What about the mini-cup of somen at Marukai, or a wedge of a new brownie or cookie from Big Island Candies?
The pandemic made these nibbles-on-toothpicks taboo. Back in the day, I know a few fellas who mixed 40 minutes of Costco shopping to land six to eight freebies on his lunch hour. And with coronavirus, part-time hawkers of the goodies also lost their jobs.
There’s online chatter that some Costcos on the Mainland have been giving out “dry samples” –pre-packaged stuff – but not here.
What memories do you have of these now-gone promotions?
