The East Hawaii Cultural Center is unveiling its new mobile stage with a free outdoor show designed to leave audiences smiling.
“Way West of Broadway: An Afternoon of Broadway tunes … and Other Uplifting Songs” will be performed at 1 p.m. Saturday.
This one-hour concert will feature many of the cast members of Hilo’s recent production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ as well as the Palace Theater’s upcoming production of ‘The Producers.’
The inaugural concert will showcase some of Broadway’s most beloved songs along with a mix of other popular songs old and new.
The cast includes Charles Bankhead Haines, Alexander Knapp, Marlise Ahuna, Sam Deitch, Kaiulu Tioganco, Aleah Kay and Bridge Hartmann. Seating is limited, so audience members are encouraged to arrive early.
Masks are required.
The concert is made possible through an AARP Community Challenge grant, which supports “EHCC Out of Doors,” a project to build an outdoor mobile, modular stage suitable for dramatic, musical and spoken arts performances.
The stage has been constructed in a previously unused spot on EHCC grounds that is being transformed into an open-air theatre.
The new stage is designed to travel, with a trailer as its base.
With the help of this new stage, EHCC and its Resident Theatre Director Larry Reitzer will bring programming to schools, parks, senior centers, and care facilities, so that audiences unable to come to EHCC can still enjoy performances.
Programming currently being planned includes classical music and jazz concerts, theatre for young audiences, play readings, spoken-word, lectures and dance concerts.
For more information about EHCC activities, go to ehcc.org, call 961-5711, or visit the gallery at 141 Kalakaua Street.
Current hours are from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Saturday.