By Thom deMartino Orange County Tribune Just in time for Halloween, from the lurid pages of the Weekly World News tabloid comes the unbelievable tale of one of their most popular and […]
‘Bat Boy’: it’s outrageous fun
Enthralling ‘5 Years’ at Gem
By Thom deMartino Orange County Tribune Sometimes, love just isn’t enough. For a limited engagement, the Gem Theater in Garden Grove is presenting one of their special, intimate Black Box productions: the […]
A bewitching ‘Cinderella’ on stage at Garden Grove’s Gem
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune There will be no “Bibbity Bobbity Boo”, here. (And that’s just fine.) Closing out their spectacular 2024 season, director Damien Lorton and the One More Productions troupe […]
Giovanna Martinez charismatic as a Gem luminary in “Evita”
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend” … isn’t that how the saying goes? The Gem Theater and One More Productions troupe in Garden Grove takes […]
Tom is remembered fondly in the ‘House that Bradac Built’
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune If Yankee Stadium was called “The House that [Babe] Ruth Built,” surely the Festival Amphitheater in Garden Grove– now the Garden Amp – could be termed “The […]
Celebrating life of Tom Bradac
A celebration of life for Thomas “Tom” Bradac, a long-time theatrical producer, director and actor in Garden Grove and Orange County, will be held on Tuesday, April 23. The event will […]
Review: A bold, risque “Pippin”
By Thom deMartino /Orange County Tribune From the stygian shadows of the wings, the players creep into the unyielding glare of the stage lights, playing there among the bare, skeletal set: beginning […]
All the stage is his world
By Declan McDaniels/Orange County Tribune The emotion and excitement brought out through theater is unlike many endeavors. Acting and creating this form of visual art is a stimulating passion that is […]
A ‘Holiday Gem’ to Remember
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune Good things come to those who wait. After a notable absence in 2022, a beloved yuletide musical returns by popular demand to Garden Grove’s own Gem Theater. An […]
The Gem’s 100 years of entertainment on Main St.
If you can’t afford a DeLorean or other time machine, you can get a lot of the same effect by visiting the Gem Theatre on Main Street in downtown Garden Grove. Opened […]
