Posts by Welton Jones
San Diego Arts 2017: Theatre
San Diego audiences are so game!
Read MoreMcAnuff and Friends Hail Disco Queen Donna Summers at LJ Playhouse
It was a great decade for sex, drugs and a beat you could dance to. Donna Summer was hailed as Queen of Disco and she ha the catalogue to prove it. It took 30-plus songwriters to make this score and the highlight is a second-liohe song from ‘Hair.’ But it’s got strut and sleek chic.
Read MoreDiversity Bestows its Brightness Upon Old Globe White Arena
A brutal murder changes a town’s perspective in’The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey,’ a one-man show written and performed at the Old Globe by James Lecesne.
Read MoreGlobe’s ‘Benny & Joon’ Spreads Warmth, Love and Some Slapstick
Is it possible that family responsibility can become such a narcotic true of the new music; ‘Benny & Joon.’hat lives are ruined? Maybe, but help is on the way in the Old Globe Theatre’s premie
Read MoreKorea Through a Digital Din at La Jolla Playhouse
Korea is particularly fascinating these days, electronic media dominates us all and young love still has a shot. These are some of the concepts confronted by Hansol Jung in her ‘Wild Goose Dreams,’ in its world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse.
Read MoreRobust Globe ‘Hamlet’ Finds a Groove
For his first Old Globe ‘Hamlet,’ artistic director Barry Edelstein does some text-shuffling and finds a crackerjack cast and crew not afraid to explore.
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