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Theatre & Shows on Oʻahu
Musicals, plays, comedy and touring shows across Honolulu's five main stages — 28 productions on our calendar, each checked by hand against the theatre's own season page. Whole seasons, not just this weekend.
$39 to $66SAT, OCT 17Fiddler on the RoofDiamond Head Theatre · Southeast Oahu$39 to $66Details →Hawaii Theatre
SUN, OCT 18"DUKE" BY MOSES GOODSHawaii Theatre · DowntownSee listingDetails →Kennedy Theatre, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
FRI, OCT 23The Wizard of OzKennedy Theatre, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · Downtown$9 UHM Student with valid UHM ID; $15 Non-UHM Student/Youth; $22 UH Faculty/Staff, Military, Senior; $25 Regular (Adult)Details →Manoa Valley Theatre
FRI, OCT 23The Rocky Horror Picture ShowManoa Valley Theatre · DowntownSee listingDetails →Tenney Theatre
SUN, OCT 25Move!Tenney Theatre · DowntownAdults $30; Seniors & Military $25; Children & Students $15; HTY Members Free + $12 tickets for guestsDetails →Blue Note Hawaii
SAT, OCT 31Tales of Haunted Hawai'i HalloweenBlue Note Hawaii · WaikikiTickets $30 – $45Details →Hawaii Theatre
FRI, NOV 6The Epic Tale of the RamayanaHawaii Theatre · DowntownSee listingDetails →Kennedy Theatre, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
WED, NOV 18The StorytellerKennedy Theatre, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · Downtown$9 UHM Student; $13 Non-UHM Student/Youth; $16 UH Faculty/Staff, Military, Senior; $18 Regular (Adult)Details →Hawaii Theatre
SAT, DEC 19THE 5TH ANNUAL KALANI PE’A HAWAIIAN CHRISTMAS SHOWHawaii Theatre · DowntownSee listingDetails →Honolulu Theatre for Youth
$15–$30SUN, JAN 10Tales of the Sun & MoonHonolulu Theatre for Youth · Downtown$15–$30Details →Honolulu Theatre for Youth
$15–$30THRU SUN, OCT 25MoveHonolulu Theatre for Youth · Downtown$15–$30Details →Honolulu Theatre for Youth
$15–$30SAT, NOV 7According to CoyoteHonolulu Theatre for Youth · Downtown$15–$30Details →Manoa Valley Theatre
THU, NOV 12Peter Pan Goes WrongManoa Valley Theatre · DowntownSee listingDetails →Diamond Head Theatre
FRI, NOV 20How the Grinch Stole ChristmasDiamond Head Theatre · Southeast OahuSee listingDetails →Manoa Valley Theatre
THU, JAN 21PurposeManoa Valley Theatre · DowntownSee listingDetails →Diamond Head Theatre
FRI, JAN 22Into the WoodsDiamond Head Theatre · Southeast OahuSee listingDetails →Honolulu Theatre for Youth
$15–$30SAT, JAN 23ListenHonolulu Theatre for Youth · Downtown$15–$30Details →Honolulu Theatre for Youth
$15–$30SAT, FEB 20HeartstringsHonolulu Theatre for Youth · Downtown$15–$30Details →Diamond Head Theatre
FRI, MAR 12SuffsDiamond Head Theatre · Southeast OahuSee listingDetails →Manoa Valley Theatre
THU, MAR 18The Producers: A Mel Brooks MusicalManoa Valley Theatre · DowntownSee listingDetails →Honolulu Theatre for Youth
$15–$30SAT, APR 17The Malama MusicalHonolulu Theatre for Youth · Downtown$15–$30Details →Manoa Valley Theatre
THU, MAY 13Folks You Meet in LongsManoa Valley Theatre · DowntownSee listingDetails →Diamond Head Theatre
FRI, MAY 21Pirates of PenzanceDiamond Head Theatre · Southeast OahuSee listingDetails →Manoa Valley Theatre
THU, JUN 24Lisa Matsumoto's Once Upon One Kapakahi TimeManoa Valley Theatre · DowntownSee listingDetails →Manoa Valley Theatre
THU, JUL 15Shakespeare in LoveManoa Valley Theatre · DowntownSee listingDetails →Diamond Head TheatreFRI, JUL 23HairsprayDiamond Head Theatre · Southeast OahuSee listingDetails →The five stages, and what each one is for
Diamond Head Theatre (Makapuʻu Ave, by Kapiʻolani Park) does the big musicals: this season opens with Fiddler on the Roof (Sep 25–Oct 11), then How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Nov 20–Dec 6), Into the Woods (Jan 22–Feb 7), Suffs (Mar 12–28) and The Pirates of Penzance (May 21–Jun 6). Five shows, each a two- to three-week run. Manoa Valley Theatre is the smaller, more adventurous musical-and-play house — Jagged Little Pill (Sep 10–27), Rocky Horror closing on Halloween, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, the Pulitzer-winning Purpose, The Producers, and two Hawaiʻi-written shows (Folks You Meet in Longs, Once Upon One Kapakahi Time) before Shakespeare in Love closes the season next August. Eight productions.
Kumu Kahua Theatre on Merchant Street stages only plays about Hawaiʻi — new work, in Pidgin and English, by local writers. Three shows on our calendar: The Queen's Will, Kupua, and a trilogy of short Hawaiʻi plays in January. Honolulu Theatre for Youth at Tenney Theatre is the family stage: eight productions from September to May, $15–$30, starting with Anime Momotaro. And the Hawaii Theatre is the touring house — comedy (Felipe Esparza, Paula Poundstone, Josh Johnson, Hasan Minhaj & Ronny Chieng), Whose Live Anyway?, magic, The Moth, David Sedaris — 29 events through February.
At a glance
- Big musicals
- Diamond Head Theatre — 5 shows, Fiddler (Sep 25) through Pirates of Penzance (May 21)
- Only Hawaiʻi plays
- Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant St — 3 shows this season
- For kids
- Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Tenney Theatre — 8 shows, $15–$30
- Touring & comedy
- Hawaii Theatre, 1130 Bethel St — 29 dates through Feb 2027
A note on prices and dates
Two of the five theatres — Diamond Head and Manoa Valley — publish ticket prices only inside their ticketing systems, not on the season page a search engine sees. So on those listings you'll find the run dates and a “see listing” where a price would be, rather than a number we made up. HTY prints $15–$30 and we show it. Every run on this page was read off the theatre's own season announcement; when a theatre adds a show we add it, and when one closes early we pull it. For evenings that aren't theatre, the Oʻahu after dark guide covers the rest, and live music has its own page.