Posts by Welton Jones
Rep 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.
Read MoreShakespeare and Mendelssohn Needed More Room Than Symphony Supplied
Mendelssohn’s supportive score for Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ represents a genius-level partnership that needs considerable artistic labor if paired on the same program. San Diego Symphony should have spent more time at the drawing board.
Read MoreCameron Crowe Was Almost Famous in the Movies and Now On Old Globe Stage
Cameron Crowe famously hung out at the loading dock of the Sports Arena until he broke into the world of rock ‘n’ roll. Now the details, onstage at the Old Globe.
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