Posts by Welton Jones
Women Were Late in Space As Globe Play Details But Now We All Are Lagging
As noted with vigor in the Old Globe’s ‘They Promised Her the Moon,’ it took a long time to establish women’s place in space. B ut it’s taking even longer to get back there significantly for us all.
Read More‘Life After’ Examined With Poetical Wisdom In Impressive Globe Debut
Survivors of tragedies must deal with regrets but also guilt, Britta Johnson shows in a lovely new musical play at the Old Globe.
Read MorePrincess Diana Reforms the Royals on La Jolla Playhouse Stage
English history leapt a century thanks in great part to the late Princess of Wales, whose story becomes a musical at the La Jolla Playhouse.
Read MoreDisney Meets Islam Fantasy and the Winner is that Magic Carpet
Aladdin gets the Princess and that Genie gets everything else is the Disney version of a tale more nor less from the ‘Thousand and One Nights.’ A good time is had by all except the bad guys.
Read MoreSugar Dispenses ‘Tiny, Beautiful Things’ Of Advice In The Old Globe’s White Arena
Advice is only as useful and the receiver thinks it is. ‘Tiny, Beautiful Things’ at the Old Globe introduces an advisor with a passionate following which may baffle audiences who have their own preferred oracles.
Read MoreAs Cultures Merge, Hope Blooms in Old Globe’s ‘Familiar’
The complications of a mixed-heritage marriage are both more involved and more enriching than might be expected in Danai Gurira’s ‘Familiar’ at the Old Globe.
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