Aladdin – San Diego Story

Disney Meets Islam Fantasy and the Winner is that Magic Carpet

By Welton Jones | February 26, 2019 |

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.

Cygnet’s fair ‘Maple and Vine’ stumbles over itself

By Martin Jones Westlin | January 28, 2014 |

Technology has made the 1950s seem like centuries ago, and a lot more may (or may not) have happened to human interconnectedness in the meantime. Cygnet Theatre’s “Maple and Vine” takes a look at the simpler era and the very personal reasons behind the characters’ fascination with it — but amid the nice production values and fine acting, the script fuels a debate in which the playwright doesn’t want to take part.