If you’ve attended ProArts productions like Urinetown, Cabaret and The Fantasticks, you already know this theater company’s shows are superb and not to be missed. This is the final weekend to catch their latest (and first of their Spring season), Driving Miss Daisy, a play by Alfred Uhry made famous by the landmark 1987 off-Broadway production, the Oscar-winning 1989 film adaptation starring Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy and Dan Aykroyd and a (currently running) Broadway show starring James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave. The Maui version stars Joyce Romero as Daisy Werthen and J. Marc Mance as her put-upon chauffeur. The story is a “timeless, searing, funny and ultimately hopeful meditation on race relations in America, told through the complex relationship between two of popular culture’s most enduring characters,” say co-producers Doug Kendrick and Jonathan Lehman, who also directs. So drive on down to the company’s intimate 80-seat venue to enjoy this ‘ohana-friendly dramady, sure to elicit both laughs and tears. 463-6520; proartsspacific.com
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