Posts by Welton Jones
Oscars Are Fun But They’re Also Office Politics
The usual glitzy turnout for Hollywood’s year-end review but consider all the bigshots who were not at the Oscars this year…
Read MoreIf It Needs a Judge, Is It a Sport? Or Is It SHOW BIZ?
You can tell when some activity is a sport. It doesn’t need a judge. Who wins, wins. So half the stuff we see in the Olympics is not really a sport, its a show. A circus, a ballet, a Vegas production number, the Ice Follies… So what’s all this about gold medals?
Read MoreFrom Islam to Atlanta: The Who & the What at La Jolla Playhouse
The shadow of Islam hangs over a family making a new life in Atlanta as the bright daughters try to resolve their culture and their surroundings in a family drama that seems too light-hearted for the stakes…
Read MoreThe Winter’s Tale Thoughtful and Engaging at the Old Globe
The Winter’s Tale is Shakespeare in downhill gear, not worrying about details but still ready with the poetry and the passions. The Old Globe’s new artistic director Barry Edelstein has staged it again with solid but mixed results…
Read MoreHomeless Mom Battles Long Odds in Old Globe BETHANY
Forced to fight for custody of her five-year-old daughter, an impressive homeless mom struggles to muster enough middle-class dignity to impress the state agency that seized the child. But everybody is sinking in the recession of 2009.
Read MoreSide Show a Moving, Poignant Romance in La Jolla
Despite the exploitive potential of conjoined twins born into sleazy show business, the reworked Bill Ryssell-Henry Krieger musical Side Show delivers a poignant, dignified and surprisingly romantic package to the La Jolla Playhouse.
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