Jon Lorenz – San Diego Story

‘Volume’ Lacks Insight, But Don’t Miss the Spectacle

By Martin Jones Westlin | August 9, 2017 |

The canvas that was the 1990s started out blindingly white and died a murky, bloodstained mess. ‘Pump Up the Volume: a ’90s Palooza,’ San Diego Musical Theatre’s salute to the era, doesn’t quite know why that’s so — but as a spectacle in and of itself, you could do a lot worse.

Out of Chaos Comes Order in Lamb’s’ ‘You Can’t Take It with You’

By Martin Jones Westlin | February 22, 2015 |

We’re dependent on only ourselves, in good times and bad, for our happiness. Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s ‘You Can’t Take It with You’ is a big-time reminder of all that — and Lamb’s Players Theatre mounts the lesson with its usual expertise.

Lamb’s’ Fair ‘Joseph’ Forgets Its Roots

By Martin Jones Westlin | February 1, 2015 |

Lamb’s Players Theatre is back at what it does best, branding an acclaimed stage piece with its own tight-knit look and feel. The problem is that the story behind ‘Joseph And the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ falls short of the company’s renowned potential.

Twelfth Night Goes Navy at Hotel Del for Lamb’s Players

By Welton Jones | June 1, 2014 |

Twelfth Night lands in the Hotel del Coronado around 1949 and all is intact, especially the songs.