♪ IT DON'T MEAN A THING
IF YOU AIN'T GOT THAT
OH, YEAH.
HE'S A CLASSIC SONG AND
DANCE MAN WITH EMMY,
GOLDEN GLOBE
NOMINATIONS.
TOWN TONIGHT.
WE DRAGGED HIM IN HERE
TO TALK WITH US ON
-"LIVING 808."
THE BACK TOO.
IT'S LOVELY TO BE
HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I KNOW HAWAI'I, YOU
HAVE A DEEP AFFECTION
FOR HAWAI'I.
DEEP DEEP AFFECTION.
YOU MARRIED A LOCAL
GIRL, FIRST OF ALL.
AND I CAME HERE WITH MY
PARENTS AS A YOUNG BOY,
AS A YOUNG KEIKI, AND
THEN I SANG BACK UP FOR
DON HO.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.
HE IS A LEGEND.
YOU MUST HAVE PICKED UP
WORKED THE CROWD.
ALSO SEEING HOW
DIFFERENT WAIKIKI HAS
CHANGED, LIKE LEWERS
STREET WAS LIKE --
HAVE YOU BEEN THERE
ON THIS TRIP YET?
SEVERAL TIMES BUT,
YEAH, THEN I DATED A
LOVELY GIRL FROM HERE AS
WELL AND I ENDED UP
MARRYING A KAILUA GIRL.
THERE YOU GO.
ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU PROBABLY LOVE
TO GET BACK AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
LOOKING TO COME BACK
AND GET THAT KAMA'AINA
DISCOUNT.
I THINK YOU MIGHT
QUALIFY THAT TOO.
IT'S GREAT TO OFFER A
CHANCE FOR LOCAL FANS
WHO KNOW YOU FROM
DIFFERENT WORLDS.
TELL ME ABOUT THE SHOW.
IT'S BEEN A DREAM OF
MINE TO DO A HEAD LINING
SHOW HERE IN HAWAI'I AND
TO DO IT AT SUCH AN
HISTORIC THEATER AT THE
HAWAI'I THEATER IS SUCH
AN HONOR FOR ME.
I LOVE THE HISTORY OF
THEATERS, TO ACTUALLY BE
IN THAT SPACE, TO TAKE
CARE OF THE HISTORY OF
IT.
FOR ME MY SHOW IS VERY
ECLECTIC.
I'M COMING OFF THE
DISNEY ALBUM.
I JUST RELEASED MY FIRST
SINGLE ON THE ALBUM GO
THE DISTANCE THIS
MORNING.
THIS MORNING.
SO WE CAN FIND THAT
YEAH.
GOT DISTANCE, OKAY.
I'M VERY MUCH A SONG
AND DANCE MAN.
I WOULD SAY IT'S FRICK
SINATRA MEETS GENE KELLY
AND IT'S A BIG, WILD,
FUN SONG AND DANCE KIND
OF SHOW.
SHOW, MIKEY WOULD HAVE A
BLAST.
ARE YOU INVITING HIM?
HE IS CRYING
SOMEWHERE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A GREAT SHOW.
I HAVE TO ASK YOU, DO
YOU HAVE A FAVORITE
BECAUSE YOU CAN DO IT
ALL?
YOU REALLY CAN DO IT
ALL.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE DOING
WITH YOUR SHOWS?
I DO A LOT OF FILM
AND TV AS MOST PEOPLE
PROBABLY KNOW ME FROM,
BUT MY FAVORITE THING IS
TO BE ON STAGE.
I STARTED MY BROADWAY
CAREER WHEN I WAS 19
YEARS OLD AND DID THAT
FOR A SOLID DECADE IN
NEW YORK.
SEVEN BROADWAY SHOWS
AND, YEAH, I JUST -- FOR
ME BEING ON STAGE IS
JUST LIKE OXYGEN.
I FEEL THE MOST AT HOME,
MOST IN MY OWN SKIN.
I JUST LIKE STANDING UP
THERE AND TALKING STORY
LOVE TO DO.
I'M SO BUMMED WE
DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE
FLOOR HERE
DO THE THINGS.
IT'S NICE TO TALK WITH
YOU.
DO SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
WORKING ON SOMETHING
LIKE THE DISNEY PROJECT,
HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT
TAKING A SONG BECAUSE
THERE'S SUCH A CLASSIC
REFERENCE.
PART OF THE WHOLE
PROCESS FOR ME WAS
SONGS.
BUT I'M A NEW FATHER.
I HAVE A TWO-YEAR-OLD
SON NAMED REVEL.
IT'S INTERESTING NOW
DISNEY KIND OF COMES
BACK INTO YOUR LIFE AS A
PARENT, YOU KNOW.
AND MY LOVE FOR ALL THIS
MUSIC I HAD AS A CHILD
HAS REINVIGORRED ITSELF.
IT'S NOT A WORD.
REALLY IN MY EVERY DAY
LIFE NOW AND I'M SO
EXCITED TO BE SINGING
THESE SONGS BUT IT WAS
REALLY HARD TO NARROW IT
DOWN.
BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY AND
PROUD OF THE FINAL I
ENDED UP WITH.
I THINK HE WOULD MAKE
A PERFECT DISNEY PRINCE.
YOU CAN HOST.
EXACTLY.
THEY ARE DOING SOME
GREAT STUFF BUT WHAT'S
NEXT FOR YOU.
YOU REALLY CAN DO JUST
ABOUT EVERYTHING IN THE
ENTERTAINMENT BIZ.
WHAT'S ON YOUR BUCKET
LIST THAT YOU WOULD LIKE
TO DO?
TWO DIFFERENT
QUESTIONS.
WHICH ONE WOULD YOU
HIT FIRST?
I HAVE A WEEK OF
CONCERTS IN TOKYO AFTER
THIS AND THEN I GO RIGHT
TO THIS TV SHOW CALLED
THE GREATEST DANCER I DO
IN LONDON.
WOW.
MY ALBUM COMES OUT IN
MARCH, MY DISNEY ALBUM,
AND, YEAH, JUST REALLY
KIND OF GOING WHERE THE
WIND TAKES ME BUT
HONESTLY MY BIG PRIORITY
RIGHT NOW IS MY FAMILY.
EVERY DECISION THAT I
MAKE IS KIND OF
INFLUENCED BY THEM.
I GET THAT.
ONCE YOUR SON GETS TO
THE AGE WHERE HE'S GOING
TO APPRECIATE THE FACT
HE DID A DISNEY SONG.
YEAH.
SO EXCITED TO CELL
COME YOU INTO TOWN.
ANYTHING ON YOUR MUST DO
LIST ON HAWAI'I, GO TO
ZIPPY'S?
I USUALLY GO
RAINBOW'S AND THEN I
JUST REALLY TAKE IN
EVERYTHING, JUST THE
CULTURE.
I ACTUALLY FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN A WHILE WENT TO
THE PCCH JUST TO CHECK
IT OUT.
IT IS INCREDIBLE.
REALLY KIND OF
EXPOSING MY SON TO THE
ISLAND, TO THE ALOHA
SPIRIT.
BUT COME OUT TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A NAP
AFTER THIS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING
WITH US.
IT'S GOING TO BE A
GREAT SHOW.
HOPE EVERYONE CAN COME
OUT AND ENJOY.
LEFT.