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WThe ‘Ohana Arts musical “Peace On Your Wings” returns with a powerful message — and this time the cast and crew are taking it to Hiroshima.
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hen the original That blast, and the one nocent victims of war,” Taira (singing) ... I think people musical Peace On that hit Nagasaki three days says. “I think everybody can responded to that.”
Your Wings de- later, is credited with ending empathize with and relate to Peace On Your Wings went
buted at Leeward Community World War II. Still, it had children’s stories. In a way, on to tour the neighbor is-
College in 2014, it opened to sold-out shows and enthusias- tic praise.
devastating consequences for the civilian population.
maybe it’s the best way to tell this kind of story.
lands, then to Los Ange- les’ Aratani Theatre (the same place George Takei’s Broadway musical Alle- giance made its West Coast premiere) and to New York City’s Gerald W. Lynch The- atre.
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With an all-youth cast and a score that included modern pop music and traditional Japanese taiko drumming, it shone a light on a dark peri- od — the aftermath of the United States’ atomic bomb- ing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945 — as experienced by children.
By focusing the story on children in the post-war 1950s, co-writers/compos- ers Jenny Taira and Laurie Rubin of ‘Ohana Arts were able to connect audiences with their message of peace and ichigo ichie — the Japa- nese concept of living in the moment.
“When you have adult characters, there’s baggage. People have more expecta- tions, like, ‘This person is just rich,’ or whatever. Peo- ple put them in categories. But with kids, they’re just kids.”
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“Children are the most in-
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Adds Rubin, “Also, there’s just something to be said for the voices of children
he show is now pre- paring for its debut in Hiroshima in Sep-
Masahiro Sasaki hugs actress Shayna Yasunaga after a showing of Peace On Your Wings in 2015. Yasunaga portrayed Masahiro’s sister, Sadako, in the production. pa PHOTO COURTESY ‘OHANA ARTS to
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