The Maui Celebrity Series, which began in December as the brainchild of crooner Brian Evans (who opens for the likes of Jay Leno and Joan Rivers in Las Vegas) launched the series with himself and William Shatner. That was followed by Roseanne Barr. Now…the stars are lining up to be a part of the monthly concert series.

“This started with myself, Mark Biltz, and Arman Zajic,” says Evans. “It was an idea to help bring the tourists back to Hawaii, where the economy had been severely hurting tourism here.”

The Governor of Hawaii apparently agreed, and issued Commendations to all of the producers for creating the show aimed at doing just that.

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Manhattan Repertory Theatre has announced that they will produce a one week festival of playwright Liza Lentini’s works in LIZAFEST! from June 24 – 28, 2009. The week-long festival will feature 9 of the prolific playwright’s early works. Included in the line-up is her first play, as well as a series of one-acts about murderous women from history.

Liza Lentini has written over 100 plays, and achieved early success in her native Boston with her first professional production at the age of 19. After receiving her MFA in Playwriting from Southern Illinois University in 1997,
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