Duke Kahanamoku Vs The Surfnappers

‘Here was a man who was as important to the people of Hawaii as Michael Jordan was to Chicagoans.’

…Duke was the man. The play [is] essentially a not-so-thinly-disguised homage to his amazingly rich and humble life, from early Olympic beginnings to an acting career in Hollywood, to being sheriff of Honolulu, to returning home and basking in the role of Hawaii’s cultural ambassador. …