Leo Days, the Elvis Presley impersonator, and Shari Cheri Grubb, a dancer-choreographer in the “Legends in Concert” assembly of pop stars, tied the knot last Thursday (Nov. 4) at Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Gardens in Kaneohe.
No, Days didn’t don his bejeweled costume of The King –he chose a customary tux instead — to exchange vows with his bride in an intimate gathering.
Al Waterson was the officiant and Gary Kissinger provided music. Nancy Bernal was the photographer and yep, there was a post-nuptial celebration, appropriately at at Rock Island Cafe in Waikiki. …
Congrats to the show biz couple. …
A green Christmas for Zane
Greg Zane, the director-choreographer of Diamond Head Theatre’s recent “A Chorus Line,” will be helming the theater’s holiday musical, “Elf,” opening Dec. 3 (and running through Dec. 19). He was director-choreographer of the earlier staging of the show here, so it’s hana hou time.
Zane, a Hawaii native who has legit Broadway credits, has been associate choreographer of Lincoln Theatre’s “The King and I,” a Tony Award-winning revival that included Hawaii’s Ruthie Ann Miles as Lady Thiang, who earned a Tony.
Well, he was to return to the fold to work on a London run of the Rodgers and Hammerstein evergreen, but that mounting is canceled for now because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Consequently, instead of a potentially white and cold Christmas, Zane will be extending his work-and-vacation agenda in a green and warmer Christmas climate, anchored at his family’s Hawaii Kai home. Sounds good to me. …
Shorts of sorts
Crossing Rain, a local boy band inspired by the K-Pop phenom, is one to watch. The six-member act did a Hawaii Theatre gig over the weekend, and an upcoming tour is on the agenda. Instagram images and videos reflect the harmonies and choreographic influences of Korean boy bands. …
KITV has acquired KIKU TV, and will restore the popular array of Japanese programming. So fans and followers of the array of Nippon shows, can breathe a sigh of relief, when the travelogues and dramas return to the small screen. …
And that’s Show Biz. …