DELIMA SLATES GRANDPARENTS SHOW

To celebrate Grandparents Day on Sept. 10, comedian Frank DeLima, pictured below left, will do a show honoring kupuna at 6:45 p.m. at Central Oahu Event Center, formerly Dot’s of Wahiawa, at 130 Mango St.

Doors open at 5 p.m.

The bill will feature two other acts, Steve Lucas & MSG Band and Taste of Harmony.

Dinner and drink service will be available; reservations are required.

Reservations: $25 in advance, through midnight Sept. 9, or $30 at the door.

Call (808) 627-5451 or visit www.centraloahueventceter.com

DeLima, meantime, has resumed his annual series of Student Enrichment school visits throughout the state weekdays, advocating no-drugs, no-bullying, study-hard agendas; he’s done Kauai visits already and is trying to schedule visits to Maui schools, including alternate sites for schools destroyed in the Lahaina wildfires. …

Now it’s kokua Maui show

On the heels of his successful “50 Years of C&K” concert last weekend at the Tom Moffatt Waikiki Shell, Henry Kapono, pictured right, corrals yet another huge cast to stage “We Are Friends Maui,” a benefit for the Maui wildfire victims, at 4 p.m. Sept. 23 at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center’s A&B Amphitheater/Yokouchi Pavilion.

The all-star event will feature Jake ShimabukuroRobert CazimeroJohn Cruz, Kimié MinerMakanaAnuheaBrother NolandKalapanaAmy Hanaiali‘iSistah RobiTavanaEric GilliomAngela Morales of Na LeoThe Rough RidersAna VeeKala‘e Parish and Kealoha;

Tickets: $150.50  for Gold Circle/VIP Package, $75.50 and $45.50 for reserved seating, and $15.50 general admission (no seats).  Patrons of the earlier Kapono concert will receive new electronic tickets for this event.

Gates open at 3 p.m. for food and beverage purchase.

Other benefactors include the Henry Kapono Foundation and the Hawaii Community Foundation. …

Broadway grosses for week ending Aug. 27s

Antoine Dias Casajosa, aka El Mago Pop, pictured left, did a 10-day run on Broadway and topped last week’s grosses. He’s a Spanish illusionist who created his own box office magic.

And for the first time, “Funny Girl” also was big office.

The Lucky 7:

1 – “El Mago Pop,” $2.727 million.

2 – “Funny Girl,” 2.132 million.

3 – “The Lion King,” $1.991 million.

4 – “Hamilton,” $1.834 million.

5—“Wicked, $1.514 million.

6—“MJ, the Musical,” $1.455 million.

7—“Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” $1.367 million.

The full list, courtesy The Broadway League:

And that’s Show Biz. …

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