Posts by Welton Jones
Two Jewish Worlds Far Apart In Old Globe ‘The Wanderers’ Premiere
Two young couples, both alike and worlds apart in their Jewish heritage, struggle to build lives and find meanings in Anna Ziegler’s well-observed play ‘The Wanderers’ premiering at the Old Globe Theatre.
Read MoreOld Globe ‘American Mariachi’ Displays Mexico’s Soul, All Genders
The mariachi tradition so defines Mexico’s very soul that it doesn’t really matter whether women or men are playin. But a new play at the Old Globe Theatre sets a family crisis story back when the fuss when it did seem to matter.
Read MoreA Globe ‘Uncle Vanya’ Worth a Niche in the Chekhov Wing
A careful new translation and a distinguished cast and design staff make Richard Nelson’s staging of Chekhov’s masterpiece for the Old Globe Theatre a collector’s item.
Read MoreEarnest Effort Makes ‘The Cake’ at La Jolla
There’s a whiff of headlines in ‘The Cake,’ Bekah Brunstetters new play at the La Jolla Playhouse, but the Supreme Court should wish for litigators as nice as these.
Read MoreWit Served As Old Globe Again Goes Wilde
Few comedies is the history of the theatre deliver more solid satisfaction more consistently than Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest.’ The present production at the Old Globe Theatre, not its first, demonstrates this yet again.
Read More‘Hamilton’ Is About More Than Just One Revolution; Make Room for Miranda
The American Revolution addressed from the perspective of a classic underdog in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s epic ‘Hamilton’ is also a revolution in theatrical application of the vernacular to the mythic.
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