A roundup of updates on entertainment events that are coming up:

Alani Apio's "Kamau" will be mounted at 'Ulua Theatre on the Big Island beginning this week, with Volcano resident and well-known film actor Jason Scott Lee in a supporting role.

Due to demand for tickets, Sunday matinees — at 2 p.m. Sunday and Aug. 24 — have been added to the performance schedule. Additional shows are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, Saturday, and Aug. 20-23.

The play deals with a Hawaiian family torn between the past and the present — posed with the question of preserving tradition or surviving in a changing contemporary world. Due to strong language, the production is not suitable for children.

The theater is at 19-4325 Haunani Road in Volcano Village, but only limited seats are available on site. Advance tickets are $12 general, $10 students and seniors, or $15 and $10 at the door.

Information: www.bareandcore.org, or Bonnie Kim at 808-333-2730.

BROADWAY STARS IN 'MISS SAIGON'

Three Hawai'i actors who did stints with "Miss Saigon" on Broadway and on national tours will be part of an October return production of the Tony Award-winning musical at Paliku Theatre at Windward Community College.

Michael Scott Bright, who toured nationally, will play Chris, the American marine who becomes entangled with Kim, the heroine. Their big duet is "Last Night of the World."

Brittany Browning, a Punahou student, will be Kim, a Vietnamese girl who falls in love with Chris and sings the powerful "I'd Give My Life for You."

Jade Stice, who portrayed Ellen in New York, will reprise her role as the American wife of Chris. Her big number, a duet with Kim, is "I Still Believe."

Jade Anguay Bright, who also has toured nationally, will be choreographer and swing performer. Off-stage, she is Michael's spouse.

The community cast also features Leonard Villanueva, a children's book author and stage veteran, as The Engineer, the oily nightclub impresario who sings the "American Dream." tune. Kawika McGuire, an opera singer, is John, the friend of Chris, who delivers the emotional Act II song, "Bui Doil."

Les Ceballos is Thuy, the spurned suitor of Kim and the villain in the show — and the focus of "Thuy's Arrival." Erin Kim plays Gigi, the bar girl with "Movie in My Mind."

Costumer Evette Tanouye Allerdings will travel to Vietnam for fabric and costumes for the cast. Lloyd "Sandy" Riford is set and lighting designer.

The production, to be directed by Ronald Bright, will play at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 3 through 26. Clarke Bright, brother of Michael and son of Ronald, is musical director.

Tickets: $30 adults, $26 seniors over 62, military, UH faculty and staff; $20 students through age 26.

Reservations: 235-7310, www.etickethawaii.com.

SYMPHONY OFFERS DISCOUNT TICKETS

In an effort to boost subscriptions and attract audiences at an affordable price, the Honolulu Symphony has launched two new discounted ticketing strategies.

The first is a trio subscription plan that combines premium seating with discounts of up to one-third off the cost of single tickets. Trio tickets are $99 for a choice of four Halekulani MasterWorks classical concerts and $129 for two Toyota Pops concerts.

The other is a budget admission of $10 tailored to community groups such as schools, senior residences and other qualifying organizations, for groups of 10 or more. The program helps streamline event calendars for group outings by alumni associations, family reunions or active duty military and veterans.

Regular single admission tickets range from $19 to $70 for the classics, $20 to $82 for the pops. However, tickets for the inaugural Honolulu Symphony Beethoven Festival, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Diana Krall's pops stint are not included in the group sales promotion; they're only available to symphony subscribers.

Reservations: 792-2000 or boxofficemngr@honolulusymphony.com.

Information: www.honolulusymphony.com.

GET YOUR 'NUTCRACKER' TICKETS NOW AND SAVE

It's Christmas in August at Hawaii State Ballet, which is offering discounted tickets to the company's December "Nutcracker."

The holiday special on tickets, available through Saturday, coincides with the ballet's 25th anniversary.

Tickets for "Nutcracker" will be $15 if purchased online at www.hawaiistateballet.com/tickets or by calling the box office at 550-8457.

To qualify for the discount, the special promotion code of "summer" must be used.

"Nutcracker," directed by John Landovsky, will be staged Dec. 12-14 and 19-21 at Mamiya Theatre at Saint Louis School. Curtain time is 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, with a special 6 p.m. curtain on Dec. 14.