Posts by Welton Jones
Bill Irwin Squints Into the World of Zoom for the Old Globe Theatre
Beloved actor/clown Bill Irwin and college Christopher Fitzgerald take tentative steps into the world of quarantined theatre with ‘In-Zoom.’ Sweet.
Read More‘Fly’ Needs More Help to Rise at La Jolla Playhouse
Everybody knows what’s supposed to happen in ‘Peter Pan.’ Some of it does in the raucous La Jolla Playhouse version. Some doesn’t.
Read MoreGods 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 MoreAt Globe, August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ Shows It Belongs in Masterpiece Cycle
August Wilson’s 10-play ‘Pittsburgh Cycle’ of life by the decade in a 20th Century Pittsburgh ghetto is more than only an African-American masterpiece. As indicated by the triumphant post-Broadway tour of ‘Jitney,’ the lesser-known 1970s play now at the Old Globe, Wilson belongs among the masters of the American drama.
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.
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