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Those Immortal Lovers Are Back at the Old Globe And They’re Even Dancing

By Welton Jones | August 21, 2019 |

Whatever you do to it, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ usually wins out. When you have a couple of actors like the Globe does this summer, they triumph

At LJ Playhouse, a Low-Profile Family of Local Assassins Makes a Mistake

By Welton Jones | August 7, 2017 |

What could go wrong in a small local business that kills people for hire and keeps the profits in the community? Well, there is the ‘oops’ potential, as Mat Smart shows in his new play ‘Kill Local,’ now premiering at the La Jolla Playhouse.

Durang Herds VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Onto Old Globe Stage

By Welton Jones | May 24, 2014 |

Chekhov characters need stuff too and, for the Old Globe Theatre, Christopher Durang checks in on their modern inheritors’ yearning up there in Bucks County. Sample dialogue: “Why is he always taking off his clothes?” “Because he can.”