By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune Be forewarned: this ain’t no kids’ show. If “Sesame Street” was kindergarten, consider “Avenue Q” college: complete with late-night parties, early morning hangovers, freshman mistakes, bohemian friends, […]
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune A funny thing happened on the way to the Pharaoh… Andrew Lloyd Webber’s neon-hued musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” comes to flamboyant life in this […]
By Thom deMartino You can’t stop the tap dancing Santas. Don’t even try. With the Christmas season rapidly approaching, the curtain has risen upon the newest iteration of the One More Productions […]
By Thom deMartino In a culture that elevates uniqueness, to suppress one’s individuality for the sake of the greater good can take courage and vision: especially when surrounded by the thundering cacophony […]
It’s March, which would normally be the time when we in Garden Grove – and all strawberry fans in surrounding areas – get ramped up for the annual Strawberry Festival held each […]
Sometimes necessity really is the mother of invention. The COVID-19 pandemic shut down live and movie theaters and that applied to the Gem Theater on Main Street in Garden Grove. As a […]
By Thom deMartino We all agree, it’s been a long few months, as we all readjust to the “new normal.” Putting aside our collective weariness of the words “uncertain” and “unsure”, what […]
By Jim Tortolano If you can’t get enough of your musical theater needs filled while the Gem Theater in Garden Grove is closed due to the “stay-at-home” order in place because of […]
By Thom deMartino The things that matter most to us are often right in front of us: and while we might think it’s about the role of the dice and the game, […]
Last week’s State of the City luncheon, keynoted by Garden Grove Mayor Steve Jones, brought out an unexpected moment of appreciation and grief. Just a short time after the death of Laker […]
