Posts by Welton Jones
Gods Know We Need Lots More Help; Old Globe Theatre Does Its Best
Olympian gods are always potentially helpful, at least, even when the problems have piled up as they have presently. And some people just don’t want help, Madeleine George laments at Old Globe.
Read MoreIs a Generous ‘She Loves Me’ Exactly What We Need Right Now? Here It Is
Classics like ‘She Loves Me’ deserve special handling. And that’s what the San Diego Musical Theatre has provided.
Read MoreRep Examines the Misery of Holidays
Among the bright celebrations of theatrical holidays spectaculars there is a darker sub-genre of plays about families bashing each other yet somehow surviving to fight again next year. The Rep currently has one of these.
Read MoreEvan Hansen Gropes For the Truth
One moment, he’s invisible. The next, he’s an internet star. And it’s all a lie.
Read MoreScrooge Shows Up For the Holidays, Just Next Door to Globe’s Grinch
It’s Christmastime, there’s an empty stage at the Old Globe… Can Scrooge be far behind?
Read MoreEven Genocide Can’t Stop the Rock ‘n’ Roll In Cambodia
In the hideous slaughter of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge era of the 1970s, 90 perfcent of the country’s artists were wiped out. Just enough survived, it seems, for a rebirth.
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