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Any time you see Director Larry Reitzer’s name on a play or musical, you can bet it’ll be a winner, and his latest gem, “Cabaret,” is no exception.

The Hilo Education Arts Repertory Theatre, or HEART — the team behind the sold out runs of “Avenue Q”and “Beauty and The Beast” — is staging the Tony Award-winning musical “Cabaret” at the East Hawaii Cultural Center.

Friday night, after two-and-a-half years of being shut down due to COVID, the East Hawai‘i Cultural Center in Hilo opened its renovated and restored theatre with the heartwarming, timely and often hilarious Grammy, Oscar and eight-time Tony Award winning musical, “Cabaret.”

The Hilo Education Arts Repertory Theatre (HEART), the team behind the sold-out runs of “Avenue Q” and “Beauty and The Beast,” will open the groundbreaking Oscar, Grammy, and 8-time Tony Award-winning musical, “Cabaret” on Friday, July 29 at the East Hawaii Cultural Center. Ticket info is below.

Performers and puppets will welcome a full house of people to the Palace Theater for its upcoming show, “Avenue Q.“

“Home for the HiloDays” is back this year with in-person and virtual options available for the three days of holiday performances this weekend.

With a talented 60-member cast and three weeks of sold-out performances, the Disney musical “Beauty and the Beast” was just what Hilo’s Palace Theatre needed for a comeback after being closed for 16 months. The show also served as the inaugural production of the Palace’s newly created Youth Theatre Program.

After nearly two years in the making, the Palace Theater Youth Program is ready to open “Beauty and the Beast” with a sold-out weekend beginning tonight.

In celebration of the holiday season, the historic Palace Theater will present “Home for the HiloDays,” a free livestream Christmas concert/fundraiser at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17.

Theatres, venues and concert halls hold out hope for 2021 as their upcoming fall seasons are derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biloxi Blues, the hilarious and heart-warming play by Neil Simon that deals with six army recruits as they come of age during the last days of World War II, will open on Friday, Jan. 24, and run for three performances at the East Hawaii Cultural Center.

Biloxi Blues is playing at the East Hawaii Cultural Center, 141 Kalakaua Street in Hilo will be performed Friday, January 24, at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, January 25, at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, January 26, at 2:00. Tickets are available in person at Basically Books (1672 Kamehameha Ave, Hilo), online at www.brownpapertickets.com and the night of the show (if not sold out) at the door. Venue info: (808) 961-5711.